X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:56 -0500 From: "Brett Serkez" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: rsync 3.0.4 over ssh hanging on cygwin 1.7 In-Reply-To: <4D2EF43C-A36F-4EE2-B389-C089A8BDFB3A@reading.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Disposition: inline References: <36141.1227145681@maeder.org> <4D2EF43C-A36F-4EE2-B389-C089A8BDFB3A@reading.ac.uk> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id mAKJLkEX017990 On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Fred Kemp wrote: > Thanks to all who have replied so far - as Herb says, the cygwin+sshd+rsync > combo is extremely useful, not least in that it allows my client PC's to > simply run sshd as a very efficient (ie resource unintensive) background > service, requiring no further user intervention (A Good Thing™). > Workarounds such as running OpenVPN or VirtualBox seem like the proverbial > sledgehammer to crack a nut and additionally add a further layer to > configure/go wrong. You may want to check out WinSCP: http://winscp.net/eng/index.php For adhoc work I use the graphical user interface, which supports directory synchronizing, it does support scripting from the command line for automation, it may do what you want. Good luck, Brett -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/