rsync-equivalent for XP?

August 9, 2005 8:52 AM

I am looking for a fault-tolerant file copying freeware/shareware (WinXP) for copying very large directories (> 100GB) from volume A to volume B. By "fault tolerant", I mean that the process won't die if a particular subdir or file won't copy, it will just keep on chugging and log the problem. This kinda sounds like is a prettified, Windows equivalent of rsync. Anyone?
posted by everichon to computers & internet (15 comments total)

xcopy /c can do that.
posted by Four Flavors at 9:10 AM on August 9, 2005

Unison
posted by blag at 9:13 AM on August 9, 2005

robocopy from the resource kit.

You can't beat the price, either.
posted by stupidcomputernickname at 9:18 AM on August 9, 2005

Well, you could just use rsync under Cygwin.
posted by grouse at 9:22 AM on August 9, 2005

There are definitely ports of rsync available for windows but the only one I could find is bundled as part of the Cygwin environment. Try these previous questions for a jumping-off point: this, this or this.

Yeah, what grouse said
posted by blag at 9:22 AM on August 9, 2005

This page appears to document the minimum you'll need to get a cygwin port of rsync running, without having to install the whole cygwin environment (save one DLL).
posted by mendel at 9:27 AM on August 9, 2005

Came across this one today: Synctoy

The name makes me wonder about the reliability, but it's probably worth a look.
posted by Icky at 10:05 AM on August 9, 2005

syncback
posted by Boobus Tuber at 10:09 AM on August 9, 2005

Backer. The interface is incredibly useful, it's got tons of settings, and I've been using it with no problems for years.

Yes, it's basically a nice interface on top of rsync. But it's a nice interface on top of rsync.
posted by Caviar at 10:27 AM on August 9, 2005

yeah, what Four Flavors said. you can pipe the output to a log:

xcopy /c /e /h *.txt c:\ > copylog.txt

(for example.)
posted by ori at 11:39 AM on August 9, 2005

I second the suggestion to use robocopy. Not only is it robust, but it's quite tunable in terms of how persistent it is with uncopyable objects. And the logging is excellent!
posted by majick at 11:50 AM on August 9, 2005

Thanks, guys! Not gonna mark any as the answer, but am going to try all of them ('cept Cygwin, been there, don't wanna). I &#9829 AskMe.
posted by everichon at 12:09 PM on August 9, 2005

That was a heart, btw. :P
posted by everichon at 12:10 PM on August 9, 2005

www.goodsync.com
posted by Merdryn at 2:05 PM on August 9, 2005

I, of course, meant www.goodsync.com (forgot the protocol in the link)
posted by Merdryn at 2:06 PM on August 9, 2005