On Tuesday 9 Jul 02, David E. Weekly writes: > We use rsync extensively at our company for Unix servers and Windows > 2000/XP/ME interoperability. Unfortuantely, our rsync.exe that runs > fine in 2000, ME, and XP crashes under Win98. Cygwin does offer an > answer, but due to performance reasons, we've shied away from recent > builds. Is there a standalone rsync that can send and receive that > works on Windows98?
I don't understand how you could be using rsync.exe on 2000/XP/ME without also having Cygwin. I know of no "native" Windows port of rsync, only the Cygwin version. Now, "Cygwin" means different things to different people. Rsync.exe requires only cygwin1.dll. Run <http://cygwin.com/setup.exe> and you get a it more than just cygwin1.dll. But that's a difference in features, not performance. So (I believe) you are already using Cygwin. If it's not working on Win98, consider upgrading Cygwin and/or rsync to get bugfixes. Or report what's broken so it can be fixed. (I have not used the latest rsync+cygwin on Win98 lately, so I can't guarantee that it works. But someone will have to report it if it's not working.) You will have to explain your particular Windows rsync.exe installation if the above does not apply to you. Regards, David (Cygwin FAQ maintainer) -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
