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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:59:25 -0500
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Roey D <darwinian.empire@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Backup Winserver
Message-ID:  <200811040759.25518.lists@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <c9f50ec40811040343t45cffbbeg8fdb7d0e59b0856d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 04 November 2008 06:43:23 am Roey D wrote:
> 2008/11/4 Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk>:
> > Is there anyone using Rsync on windows to backup to a Linux or
> > FreeBSD server?
> >
> > Are the Windows Rsync implementations reliable?
>
> I used to do that, the windows rsync client (runs on the top of
> cygwin) worked well for me.
> You can use this package:
> http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp
> which provides cygwin rsync plus GUI.
> The only issue I had is with files with non-latin characters in their
> names, in my case, Hebrew.
> Once I downloaded the Cygwin UTF-8 dll, which can be found here:
> http://www.okisoft.co.jp/esc/utf8-cygwin/
> everything seemed to work.

I've done this as well without problem. Look for cwrsync if you don't want 
to bother installing Cygwin yourself. It comes with the rsync tools and 
ssh all ready to go.

JN




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