cygwin to backup Windows data

[Reini Urban]

Robert Citek schrieb:
> I would imagine this rsync-based backup scheme would involve a number of
> different programs: cygwin itself, crond, ssh, ps, and bash at a minimum in
> addition to rsync.  That's a lot of different programs.
> 
> I'm beginning to think a non-Cygwin solution may be their better fit and
> may be the one they are leaning towards.

rsync compiles fine without cygwin.
   http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/nt.html

the rest could be done with "at" and "putty" (RSYNC_RSH=plink).
for full backups "pscp" from putty is also ok.

see http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/rsync/
-- 
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/


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