[maemo-developers] Samba support dropped (was Re: N810 WE)

[From: Kamen Bundev]

The majority of Windows users probably don't know what rsync, scp and unison
(and the underlying ssh for that matter) mean.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jerry Van Baren <gvb.maemo at gmail.com>wrote:

> Quim Gil wrote:
> >
> > ext Marius Gedminas wrote:
> >> Wait, what's this about Samba being dropped?
> >
> > http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle#Samba
> >
> > See also the comments below
> https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2905#c8
>
> I have not been following this conversation closely, but if you are
> using samba just to transfer files, consider using rsync/scp/unison.  I
> use rsync (over ssh) and scp to transfer files to and from my n800 (I
> actually back up my n800 nightly via rsnapshot).  I am Windows Free[tm]
> at home, but there are Windows programs that provide ssh (putty) and rsync.
>
> Putty:
>   http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/>
>
> Rsync is available via cygwin (ugh, but gets the job done)
>   http://www.cygwin.com/
> Howto:
>   http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php
>
> Unison may be just the capability you are looking for (full smart
> synchronizing, not just file transfer):
>   http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/<http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/>
>   http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/28/replacing-rsync-with-unison/
>
> gvb
>
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