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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie
Subject:   Re: rdist and pam
Message-ID:  <200007271615.JAA23149@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
References:  <200007270049.KAA24140@lightning.itga.com.au> <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie>

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In article <20000727080437.A5048@walton.maths.tcd.ie>, David Malone
<dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:49:55AM +1000, Gregory Bond wrote:
>
> > If you're going to start installing packages, rsync is a much more
> > efficient solution than rdist, and rsync-over-ssh works just fine.
>
> We're working on some patches which makes rdist much faster over
> ssh (about four times faster for our local use). Rsync is fine for
> some stuff, but it isn't really a replacement for rdist. Some of the
> more recent versions of rsync also seem to have problems with some
> versions of ssh too.
>
> (We were going to try to write a rdist/rsync cross but found another
> way around the problem).

CVSup can also be used for general-purpose mirroring of arbitrary
files from one place to another.  It preserves hard links, symlinks,
device nodes, etc.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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