[time-nuts] file synchronization via ftp

Didier Juges didier at cox.net
Sat Aug 23 00:16:55 UTC 2008


I would have to upgrade to a Business package (instead of the Home package)
to have SSH, which would double the cost.

I am evaluating FTPSync. It looks like it might do the job, thanks for the
suggestion

Didier KO4BB 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:55 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 & 425: File recovery
> 
> You can pipe rsync over SSH; a lot of folks who (quite 
> rightly) don't permit telnet leave the SSH ports open, and 
> it's a lot more secure for your data, anyway.  I don't recall 
> the exact magic to make rsync plus SSH work under Windows, 
> but I think you could use PuTTY or Teraterm to provide the 
> port forwarding.
> 
> John
> ----
> 
> Didier Juges wrote:
> > Several people pointed me to rsync. I remember now why I do 
> not use it. rsync requires a client tool and a server tool, 
> so you have to have one part running on each machine. My ISPs 
> do not provide telnet access, just ftp, so I have to use a 
> tool that runs on the local Windows machine (I could use a 
> local Linux box if that's the only way) and that accesses the 
> other machine via ftp.
> > 
> > So, unless I am reading this wrong, rsync is out of the 
> question for me.
> > 
> > I can run all sorts of programs on the remote Linux box, as 
> long as I can run them through the cgi interface, so that 
> precludes any kind of console based interactive program. At 
> the moment, I have a Perl script that creates an index of all 
> the files on the remote machine (I use that for the Search 
> function on my Manuals pages), so I am considering writing a 
> tool that compares the local and remote directory structures 
> using that index so that I know which files have to be moved 
> in what direction. I just don't need another software project 
> at the moment...
> > 
> > Didier
> > 
> > ---- Bruce Lane <kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com> wrote: 
> >> Hi, Didier,
> >>
> >> 	I absolutely agree, and Dave Slack has given me some 
> good suggestions along those lines.
> >>
> >> 	Among them was an open-source product called 'rsync.' 
> This is the link for it.
> >>
> >> 	http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
> >>
> >> 	Happy tweaking.
> >>
> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >>
> >> On 22-Aug-08 at 03:30 Didier Juges wrote:
> >>
> >>> The problem nowadays is not the storage, it's the backup software.
> >>>
> >>> I have most of my important data in 4 places: two web sites, main 
> >>> 250 GB hard drive and external 500GB Western Digital USB 
> Hard Drive 
> >>> (highly recommended). What I call "important data" is about 30 GB 
> >>> worth of stuff that is typically copied in all 4 places. 
> The problem 
> >>> is keeping everything in sync. Syncing between two local 
> resources 
> >>> (main hard drive and USB hard
> >>> drive) is not too hard, considering the transfer speed 
> that can be 
> >>> achieved, but mirroring the web resources is a pain, 
> partly because 
> >>> of speed and partly because of OS differences in file name rules 
> >>> (Windows/Linux). I have not found the software I wanted 
> (only looked 
> >>> at free/cheap stuff) so I am considering writing my own (Visual 
> >>> Basic).
> >>>
> >>> If anyone has suggestions for free/cheap commercial or 
> FOS software 
> >>> to sync via ftp (Windows <-> Linux), I'll be glad to hear.
> >>>
> >>> Didier KO4BB
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
> >>>> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Hal Murray
> >>>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:46 AM
> >>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> >>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 & 425: File recovery
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 	I'm still picking up the pieces from a major FTP
> >>>> archive crash that
> >>>>> lost me a considerable amount of data.
> >>>> Disks are cheap.
> >>>>
> >>>> Many years ago, one of the guys I worked with pointed 
> out to me/us 
> >>>> that it was cheaper to buy more disks than it was to pay 
> us at our 
> >>>> normal sallary to figure out which bits should be saved. 
>  You can 
> >>>> do a lot of handwaving in that area, but that's the general idea.
> >>>>
> >>>> My straw man for low cost backup is a USB disk.  I'm 
> thinking of a 
> >>>> real rotating disk rather than the typical flash "disk".
> >>>>  The key idea is that after you pull the cable, your 
> system can't 
> >>>> trash the bits.  That is neither software nor fat fingers will 
> >>>> delete anything.  It isn't perfect, but it's close and simple.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Any interesting bits should be backed up multiple ways.   If 
> >>>> any time-nuts
> >>>> have bits that aren't (well) backed up, please contact 
> me off line 
> >>>> so we can work out some way to add another backup copy to the 
> >>>> system.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> hate spam.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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