re: Synctoy
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Windows Server 2003 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Markiv Mariaj
(1 messages posted)
Synctoy is not the only option. In fact, it is not a stable solution, even though
it can be run through the command line. I hate the fact that it creates its own synctoy.log
in every folder root that I choose to synchronize, though it is great for end users.
If you need more power, try installing CYGWIN and using rsync. rsync with its most
simple options "rsync -av --delete /source_folder/ /destination_folder" (note that
the destination folder does not have a trailing slash) is superfast and extremely
reliable. That should serve your purpose better, especially for windows server 2003.
Will not work with mapped drives though. You may have to use Synctoy for that.
Also note that the --delete option is for mirroring. If you want to synchronize,
run rsync one way first without the --delete option and then run it the other way.
For example:
rsync -av /source_folder/ /destination folder
rsync -av /destination_folder/ /source_folder
On Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11:14 pm, Mike wrote:
>yes, i use it for backup to usb hard drives. their data is soo large it is the
only
>way to copy data daily to second drives. i have it auto run, files are updated
daily
>or nightly.
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- re: Synctoy (Mike: Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11:14 pm)
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