Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:26:03 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: reko.turja@liukuma.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to rsync Message-ID: <20161013222603.GD20041@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <68b5981d-6155-575d-6929-813f116c8419@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <0F5C36816EB64D09B42932E21FBC6269@RIVENDELL> <68b5981d-6155-575d-6929-813f116c8419@ShaneWare.Biz>
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--ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 18:13:39 +1030, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 13/10/2016 15:09, reko.turja--- via freebsd-ports wrote: >> One of my users is needing rsync like functionality to transfer changed >> contents of some directories between couple of machines. As rsync 3 >> isn't open source, but GPL3 it's out of question in order to keep the >> system untainted. >> >> The software should be relatively lightweight - no fullblown >> mirroring/backup is needed. Also hints how to achieve similar ends using >> maybe tar/ssh might do. > > sysutils/cpdup provides similar functionality to rsync and is bsd licensed. Does anybody have information on how efficient it is in comparison with rsync? Apart from that, I agree with the other comments. But if Reko wants a non-GPL3 package, for whatever reason, what's wrong with an older version of rsync? Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlgACfsACgkQIubykFB6QiPwCACeLcH706MnoYzL4Ke/ilE91tk7 3xsAoI0rsTAGWXSzdlJ5ZbQFfHgij8XI =DyGX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+--
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