finally found something similar to rsync for windows - called syncback from
tucows.

it's free which is important cos after buying a so-called operating system
i refuse to pay extra for something as fundemental as sychronisation.

this app is simpler cleaner and far more usefule and usable than
briefcase/offline files.

the difference is the same as the philosophical difference between
windows/MS and unix/linux.

briefcase and offline files are bloated - they assume they know how we all
do our work.

kev

kevin bailey wrote:


kev

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:43:19 +0000, kevin bailey wrote:

Of course, one has to wonder why you didn't just use RoboCopy, which is
also free, which Microsoft gives away for free, which will do all that
synchronization for you and will even allow you to schedule jobs.

All for free.

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 15:56:02 +0000, Milo T. wrote:

Free as in my £8,000 car came with 'free' CD/radio and alloy wheels.

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:39:27 +0000,
kevin bailey <deeval_oper@bigfoot.com> wrote:

Look at unison, beats the pants off the "My Briefcase" garbage.

<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/>

Furthermore, it allows you to sync between *nix and MS-Windows boxes, as
well as *nix<->*nix or MS<->MS

Gui frontend, or cli, your choice. Bidirectional, (unlike rsync) and
happily uses ssh as a transport mechanism for security.

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:39:23 +0000, john wrote:

No, Free as in "costs nothing, kind of like the software you were pimping
when you were bitching about not getting this exact software for free in
your first post... but you actually can get it, because it's only your
ignorance preventing you from finding it available for download from the
Microsoft website" free.
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:10:38 -0800, Jim Richardson wrote:

People actually *use* "My Briefcase", and not robocopy? Wow.
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 06:06:42 GMT,
Milo T. <fantastical@malaprop.net> wrote:

Sure, people actually *use* OE instead of one of the many alternatives.

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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 06:06:01 +0000, Milo T. wrote:

Eh? I'm not the OP. And I sure as hell don't waste my time searching the
microsoft website.

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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:17:18 +0000, john wrote:

Yes, but saying "the OP" everywhere "you" or "your" is used kind of wrecks
the flow of the text. It was intended to rebut your "free as in ....", not
to say that you were bitching about it.

Fair enough.
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:37:00 -0800, Jim Richardson wrote:

I guess it doesn't help that I've not seen My Briefcase on a computer in 6
years.
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 19:02:29 GMT,
Milo T. <fantastical@malaprop.net> wrote:
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The amusing part, was that "My Briefcase" was touted as such an
"innovation"... compared to what?


If you are clicky-pointy, use unison's GUI client, if you prefer CLI,
use unison, or rsync (unison is bidi, rsync isn't) There are GUI
frontends to rsync of course, and rsync has a world of options that make
some things possible that robocopy/unison etc simply don't do. Like
secure transport via ssh, or checksumming of files. Robocopy looks nice,
in an MS only environment, if you don't have access to rsync... It has
some nice feature to interface with ntfs. But that's about all it has
over rsync.

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On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:39:27 +0000, kevin bailey
<deeval_oper@bigfoot.com> wrote:

Idiot.

Tucows is a shareware repository site.

Syncback is from mjl software.
http://www.mjleaver.com/Software/software.htm

If you can't get your facts straight, no wonder no one takes your word
for anything.

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:39:23 +0000, john <john@linux.local> wrote:

Stupid bits, always stupid and unable to get your facts straight.

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:17:18 +0000, john <john@linux.local> wrote:

What time?
The time you spend here trolling, bitching, moaning and whining about
Microsoft?
You could spend it on something productive, like getting your facts
straight you cocksucking asswipe.