You want to use rsync to sychronize your files with your 040 hosting backup solution, but are running windows ? no problem, the following software package contains everything you will need.
cwRsync is a yet another packaging of Rsync and Cygwin. You can use cwRsync for fast remote file backup and synchronization.
Rsync uses the Rsync algorithm which provides a very fast method for bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand. At first glance this may seem impossible because the calculation of diffs between two files normally requires local access to both files.
Rsync normally uses ssh for communication. It requires no special privileges for installation. You must, however, have a working ssh system.
Alternatively, rsync can run in `daemon' mode, listening on a socket. This is generally used for public file distribution, although authentication and access control are available. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.
Download the latest version at the cwRsync main website, or download it from our file-database.
For the cwRsync website click here.
Note on RSSH and cygwin and RedHat / CentOS systems giving the error: "insecure -e option not allowed" ; there is a easy workaround for this to force your rsync to use protocol 29 of rsync; add the following to your rsync line: --protocol=29
The error "insecure -e option not allowed" is given because of the RSSH security features which do not accept the new protocol used by rsync.
