Re: [dev] backup windows

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:17:34PM +0100, Anders Andersson wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Ammar James <lone.nomad_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I assume on linux most of you will say rsync sucks least, is that still right?
> >> I don't feel great about using cygwin so I'd like to hear your opinions.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Yes. rsync is still the best choice for this job.
>
> I use Unison. It's very far from suckless. It's good if you actually
> require updating the files on both ends, but rsync must be much better
> for pure backup. If you're already using Windows, there must be some
> GUI for rsync anyway, so you shouldn't need to install cygwin just for
> this purpose.
When using cygwin binaries, only 1 dll (cygwin1.dll or so) is needed.
You don't need to install the whole cygwin environment.

Just look for a binary distributed windows rsync, and it'll come with
this dll.
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Received on Thu Mar 10 2011 - 06:14:15 CET