Re (tilly) 1: File synchronisation (for criticism)

I strongly recommend going with rsync instead of rolling your own code. Often the most important lesson for programmers - and the hardest - to learn is the value of researching existing wheels before setting out to build your own. Often there is no way that the home-cobbled one will match the solid ones already in mass-production, no assembly required...

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Re: Re (tilly) 1: File synchronisation (for criticism) by kevin_i_orourke (Friar) on Jun 25, 2001 at 12:39 UTC
rsync doesn't seem to be available for Win32, but I get your point. Kevin O'Rourke	[reply]
Re (tilly) 3: File synchronisation (for criticism) by tilly (Archbishop) on Jun 25, 2001 at 15:38 UTC
Actually it is. You need Cygwin first, and then you can follow these instructions to get it running. Google also turned up a patch that may make life somewhat easier.	[reply]