Robocopy is part of the RK, but I believe that you can download it from the MS ftp site. Another thought is to consider using SSH as your pipe... http://www.openssh.org/ & it just so happens that RSYNC runs over ssh too... http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/1999-December/001598.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: [windows2000] Re: Keeping two ftp-servers in synch : : On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:28:59 -0500, Larry Nail wrote: : : >Most folks don't work in both worlds, so I don't normally suggest things for : >cross platform beyond FTP. I've used some MKS tools, but never across the : >'Net via VPN, tho concieveably, it should work just fine. : > : >Robocopy does indeed support using ip addresses... robocopy : >\\172.24.24.194\share \\192.168.194.1\copytoshare /e /purge /z /r:1000 : >/log+:copy.log : : Hmmm... Interesting. Waht about security? Are the transfers : encrypted or clear text?? : : Robocopy was a part of the nt reskit, wasn't it? : : : >----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : >To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:41 AM : >Subject: [windows2000] Re: Keeping two ftp-servers in synch : > : > : >: : >: On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:01:58 -0500, Nail, Larry wrote: : >: : >: >That kills the Rsync option. : >: : >: Why? I just spoke to our unix-guy, and he mentioned Cygwin. THis : >: just might work. OTOH, it may just be a tad bit too complicated to : >: set up Cygwin just for synching... 8-/ : >: : >: >If you have a VPN option, how about setting up a service account to run a : >: >script and just use ROBOCOPY. : >: : >: Does robocopy support copying to a remote ip-adress?? : : : BW, : : Sorin : : # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://www.farmaci.uu.se : # Dept of Medical Chemistry, Phone: +46-18-4714482 >> 5 signals >> GSM : # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46-701-718023 : # BMC, Box 574, Uppsala University Fax: +46-18-471-4474 : # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b : # : # Public PGP key available on request. : : : : : ================================== : To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation : mode or view archives use the below link. : : http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm : ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm