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Date: 	Wed, 24 May 2000 08:39:02 +0300
From: Ville Herva <vherva AT niksula DOT hut DOT fi>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Cc: brandon <brandon AT loudcloud DOT com>
Subject: Re: SSH and rsync for NT
Message-ID: <20000524083901.A115623@niksula.cs.hut.fi>
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On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 11:59:46AM +0100, you [David Starks-Browning] claimed:
> On Monday 15 May 00, brandon writes:
> > > > 2) Rsync on NT.  Similar questions.  Does Cygwin have this or does
> > > > anyone on this list have recommendations?
> > >
> > > There is a Cygwin port available but I am not sure where. Others on this
> > > list will probably be able to give you the url. If not I'll look for it
> > > and let you know.
> > 
> > I would love to have this if you get a chance. :-)
> 
> Brandon,
> 
> Rsync should build OOTB under cygwin.  I believe that rsync-2.3.2 or
> greater is required, because 2.3.1 and before did not handle binary
> files correctly.  (I'm currently using a post-2.3.1 cvs snapshot, and
> it seems to work fine when invoked under cygwin, though I'm not using
> ssh with it.)

Yes, at least 2.4.2 (2.4.3 is the newest) compiled perfectly out of the
box for me. I did however make some changes to make it behave more
conveniently under windows. See http://v.iki.fi/~vherva/cygwin-rsync/


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