The majority of Windows users probably don't know what rsync, scp and unison (and the underlying ssh for that matter) mean.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jerry Van Baren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gvb.maemo@gmail.com">gvb.maemo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Quim Gil wrote:<br>
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> ext Marius Gedminas wrote:<br>
>> Wait, what's this about Samba being dropped?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle#Samba" target="_blank">http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle#Samba</a><br>
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> See also the comments below <a href="https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2905#c8" target="_blank">https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2905#c8</a><br>
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</div>I have not been following this conversation closely, but if you are<br>
using samba just to transfer files, consider using rsync/scp/unison. I<br>
use rsync (over ssh) and scp to transfer files to and from my n800 (I<br>
actually back up my n800 nightly via rsnapshot). I am Windows Free[tm]<br>
at home, but there are Windows programs that provide ssh (putty) and rsync.<br>
<br>
Putty:<br>
<a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/" target="_blank">http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/</a><br>
<br>
Rsync is available via cygwin (ugh, but gets the job done)<br>
<a href="http://www.cygwin.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cygwin.com/</a><br>
Howto:<br>
<a href="http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php" target="_blank">http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php</a><br>
<br>
Unison may be just the capability you are looking for (full smart<br>
synchronizing, not just file transfer):<br>
<a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/" target="_blank">http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/28/replacing-rsync-with-unison/" target="_blank">http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/28/replacing-rsync-with-unison/</a><br>
<br>
gvb<br>
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