RE: [OT] XP file copy utility?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks - I've now found a util called Synchromat which seems quite
good - w=
orking away as I type...

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Kim Wall
> Sent: 29 August 2006 17:56
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] XP file copy utility?
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> Paul Gale wrote:
> > I=92m looking for a third party file copy utility for XP that
will only
> > replaces files that don=92t exist or are newer/bigger filesizes.
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> > inbuilt copy util is rubbish!
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> > Any recommendations?
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> I believe rsync will run on windows under cygwin.  Google finds:
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> http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/help/rsync/rsync_pc1.html
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> which looks promising.
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> rsync's a bit of a Swiss-army-knife for this sort of thing, and well
> worth getting your head round the various parameters - most notably,
it
> can do 'local' copies as well as using the rsync protocol over the
> network (I assume you've got the old machine mounted using the usual
> windows filesharing, so no need to complicate things).
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> I use it extensively for backups; nightly to a dedicated disk in the
> server, and monthly to a USB2 removable drive.  Much faster than doing
a
> straight copy.
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> Kim.
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