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cweaver Guest

rsync

2007-01-26 18:21

How about rsync support to update only files that have changed?

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: rsync

2007-01-28

WinSCP can do that. Please read documentation.

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idw Guest

rsync

2007-03-14 02:46

rsync is different to synchronisation in that only the changed parts of the file are transferred (the delta). It results in vastly reduced data transfer. This would be great

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Dmitry Koterov Guest

2007-10-30 01:43

There is an open-source librsync implementation for Windows. And much of Unix systems do have rsync installed and accessed via a simple SCP call. So - it would be great if WinSCP will support rsync protocol in the future.

In my practice, rsync is VERY fast - it synchronizes two 50M directories in about 10 s, when there are no changes in them, and there are about 1000 different files. Ping time is not so critical in this case as it is in WinSCP (600 files with ping = 500 ms are synced about 10 minutes minimum). I think that rsync is the fastest synchronyzation solution, but it has 3 minuses which WinSCP could destroy after the integration:
- complex command-line interface
- no support for keepuptodate feature
- no builtin support for persistent SSH connections

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yasuo Guest

bump rsync

2007-11-16 23:27

hello there,

since i dont know any useful, userfriendly, graphical rsync-clients for windows i would like to see it in winscp, too.

imo, rsync is a good protocoll to let users upload and download big data, but when i tell a windows-user to use "rsync.exe -a rsync://foo:bar/ c:\downloads\"... well you know they will ask if i cannot just "send it via icq" or so ^^

PS:
its O/T, but DOES anyone know good rsync-guis for windows?

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martin_s Guest

Vote for rsync support in WinSCP

2008-01-28 16:02

I would like to vote for this feature.
Synchronisation in WinSCP is already quite good but rsync does - like alreayd mentioned in this forum - much better
in only synchronise the parts/blocks which have changed.

This would make WinSCP is first Windows GUI for rsync which is much needed anyway!

thanks,
Martin

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: Vote for rsync support in WinSCP

2008-01-30

This issue has been added to tracker.

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ericsson Guest

Aother important issue with rsync

2008-02-09 11:00

Never mentioned so far, but:
rsync does checksum src and dst files in multiple chunks to verify if they are different. It's kind of a speeded up, distributed binary comparison. This is by far a more reliable procedure than comparing modification dates and size etc. of the files which is - at least for me - too error-prone.

Thus, GREAT that you have rsync feature on the todo list - nothing else expected from the builders of such a great tool :wink:

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Guest

Re: Aother important issue with rsync

2008-05-20 07:41

ericsson wrote:

Never mentioned so far, but:
rsync does checksum src and dst files in multiple chunks to verify if they are different. It's kind of a speeded up, distributed binary comparison. This is by far a more reliable procedure than comparing modification dates and size etc. of the files which is - at least for me - too error-prone.

Thus, GREAT that you have rsync feature on the todo list - nothing else expected from the builders of such a great tool :wink:

I vote for this too. I discovered that synchronization with WinSCP (timestamp and size) wasn't working sometimes because I did a "synchronize timestamps" and then a diff between two directories and I had 2 files which has the same size but not the same inside and then WinSCP concluded that files were identical (same timestamp and same size).

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maphew Guest

will offer bounty for rsync support

2009-01-30 18:26

I too vote for rsync support. I didn't realise there was a librsync for windows now, that is good news, hopefully making rsync in winscp actually practical?

Anyway, I'm willing to put up a little money to contribute to the effort.

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Raphael Guest

DeltaCopy - Rsync for Windows

2010-04-12 05:28

Hello, all. I was stuck in the same question. I found a useful GUI for rsync under Windows. It's not so complex and lacks some customization, but it is quite ease. You can find it at http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

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maxim.veksler Guest

I vote for this feature as well

2010-04-25 08:30

Would be great to see rsync integration into winscp.

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archandha
Joined:: 2010-05-24
Posts:: 3
Location:: Mönchengladbach, Germany

2010-05-26 16:28

Yes, to have rsync in WinSCP would be awesome!

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technoeunuch Guest

Cool

2010-06-19 16:04

I hope this would happen :P

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krkj
Joined:: 2010-08-12
Posts:: 10

2010-08-12 14:52

I second this request!

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xb Guest

Rsync feature would have my vote as well!

2010-12-19 14:19

With Rsync winscp could really speed up synchronization, especially over slow links.

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Guest

rsync might be possible already with Custom Commands

2010-12-19 14:28

I support this too, but it might already be possible with Custom Commands. I have not tested this theory. It would also probably require a Windows port of rsync, if one exists. Still, a fully built-in option would be better.

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yanaek Guest

2010-12-21 22:38

you can use DeltaCopy http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp , a Windows implementation of rsync, but of course, integration within WinSCP is a must

when i'm working on remote project and synchronise with WinSCP it takes a lot of time, comparing to lightspeed 'rsync -zavu -e ssh ...' on linux

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Joschi Guest

Rsync protocol...

2011-02-28 12:33

I would like to see the
rsync:// protocol
and rsync via ssh to be supported via winscp.

Thanks, for listening and the good work.

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HP Guest

I always thougt WinSCP has rsync ...

2012-06-14 07:57

... now I see it doesn't. Wow. :oops:

HP

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webmaster33
Joined:: 2006-05-19
Posts:: 10

rsync integration into winscp

2012-10-01 17:46

+1 vote to rsync integration into winscp.

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Lupuz Guest

2012-11-30 14:04

+1 rsync support will be very useful

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Renzo Guest

RSYNC PLEASE!!!

2013-01-22 16:00

+1 to RSYNC

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Ciantic
Joined:: 2012-11-06
Posts:: 26
Location:: Finland

2013-01-25 16:12

+1 RSYNC!

I've been having a lot of problems with latest WinSCP and synchronization, namely periodically Invalid Memory Access, and now some Invalid Pointers too. It would be nice to have a decent GUI for RSYNC and WinSCP would be great.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Location:: Prague, Czechia

2013-01-28

Ciantic wrote:

I've been having a lot of problems with latest WinSCP and synchronization, namely periodically Invalid Memory Access, and now some Invalid Pointers too.

Thanks for your report.
I have sent you an email with a debug version of WinSCP to address you have used to register on this forum.

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