Cygwin/Rsync

[jbk]

Tom Metro wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> I am running rsync...to a Server 2003 machine.
>>
>> If I try to use a network share from another 2003 box I cant get it to
>> work. I get:
>>
>> [3076] rsync: chdir failed
>>
>> Is there a different syntax used for network drives as opposed to
>> local drives?
> 
> It shouldn't be if it is mounted as a drive letter.
> 
> Some versions of Cygwin use the syntax /cygdrive/d where d is the drive 
> letter. So for example, for C:/WINNT/Profiles I have the following in a 
> rsyncd.conf on a Cygwin installation of rsyncd:
> 
> path = /cygdrive/c/WINNT/Profiles
> 

I would recommend reading the documentation for BackupPC on 
Source Forge. Even if you don't use the software the 
documentation on rsync and rsyncd is good. They also have a 
link to a script that installs the cygwin service cygrunsrv 
and starts the rsyncd daemon.

Jim KR

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