[Cialug] Moving Linux from one disk to another

[Theron Conrey]

Can't leave your picks out of the crosshairs then kristau,

I use unison( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison ) to handle simple sync style actions between my workstations.  It's in most of the standard linux repositories, and has binaries built for Windows, OSX, Solaris, *BSDs, and a list of systems I thought had died long ago.

I keep my laptop, my workstation, and another couple of boxes directory structures synced up with this, and the interface is super easy to use. Easy method of handling conflicts.

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download.html

-Theron


-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of kristau
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:56 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Moving Linux from one disk to another

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:52 AM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
> I was with Paul... until he said he hates rsync. The only thing I hate
> about rysnc is most windows admins don't know what it is, so I can't
> rsync to their servers.
>
> -dc

Here are two options that may help win your Windows admins over:
* cwrsync (http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650) -- basically, the bare minimum Cygwin libraries bundled with ssh and rsync to run under Windows.  This adds direct ssh and rsync support to a Windows box.
* Beyond Compare (http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php) -- Awesome utility that replicates much of rsync's functionality in a native Windows app and gives it lots of GUI goodness.  It is not compatible with rsync AFAIK, but as of version 3 he now produces a Linux native version.  I've not used the Linux version yet, but I carry a license so I intend to check it out soon.  Licensing terms are very reasonable considering what this utility does, BTW.

This is the closest we've come to a flame war on this list in quite a while, I think.  And over rsync of all things?!

My $0.02:
* rsync is not a long-haul or low-bandwidth solution.  Shipping X GB of data across the country is better accomplished "Blues Brothers"
style -- "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it."
* The options available for rsync are as numerous and confusing as ls.
 However, once you find the right combo for what you are doing, you end up sticking with it.  How many different ways do you use ls day-to-day compared to the possibilities?  Same thing goes for rsync.
Personally, I use the options '-aPv' for just about everything I do.
(both -a and -P are meta-options encompassing a variety of commonly used settings)

--
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Coding late into the night
The core dump follows

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