Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:46:02 -0400 From: Jorge Luis Gonzalez <list+freebsd@jorge.cc> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup tools Message-ID: <20120623134602.GA36552@jorge.cc> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206231512210.38324@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> <20120622184740.GA67847@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra> <20120623075928.GA19093@slackbox.erewhon.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206231007190.31324@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120623125739.GA82828@jorge.cc> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206231512210.38324@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: > what exactly deficiences and requirements not met by rsync are you talking > about? > Perhaps "deficiencies" was too strong a word. I think the OP required--or perhaps desired--a WOL function. I'm not aware of any such capability in rsync proper. I meant, too, that dirvish, which was the alternative that I recommended, presents an elegant and easily-comprehended way to manage rsync's considerable abilities, not that it provides features that can't be managed directly by rsync. > >By "heterogeneous networks" I'm afraid I mean ones composed of machines > >running > >unix-like OSs; I've no idea if there's an rsync port to Windows. > there are many. I know people using it ... after they know how useful it > is based on my examples. No idea how stable and usable they are. Thanks for pointing out that there are Windows ports of rsync, and that you provide examples of their use. I'm not sure I would entrust my system backups to them if they come with the disclaimer that you've "no idea how stable and usable they are." Jorge -- Jorge Luis González <list+freebsd@jorge.cc> http://www.jorge.cc/ * ftp://ftp.jorge.cc/{pub,incoming} IRC: #vim jl-satyr * XMPP: jl-satyr@jabber.org GPG KEY -> 0x4AD9C195 * ICBM: 42.592627, -72.588859 This email optimized for teletypes.
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