Comments on: rsync-equivalent for XP?

Question: rsync-equivalent for XP?

everichon — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 08:52:09 -0800

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?

By: Four Flavors

Four Flavors — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:10:15 -0800

xcopy /c can do that.

By: blag

blag — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:13:20 -0800

Unison

By: stupidcomputernickname

stupidcomputernickname — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:18:24 -0800

robocopy from the resource kit.

You can't beat the price, either.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:22:13 -0800

Well, you could just use rsync under Cygwin.

By: blag

blag — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:22:48 -0800

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

By: mendel

mendel — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:27:56 -0800

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).

By: Icky

Icky — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:05:39 -0800

Came across this one today: Synctoy

The name makes me wonder about the reliability, but it's probably worth a look.

By: Boobus Tuber

Boobus Tuber — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:09:41 -0800

syncback

By: Caviar

Caviar — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:27:22 -0800

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.

By: ori

ori — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:39:06 -0800

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

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

(for example.)

By: majick

majick — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:50:45 -0800

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!

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:09:47 -0800

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.

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:10:16 -0800

That was a heart, btw. :P

By: Merdryn

Merdryn — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:05:57 -0800

www.goodsync.com

By: Merdryn

Merdryn — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:06:38 -0800

I, of course, meant www.goodsync.com (forgot the protocol in the link)