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cwRsync is an implementation of Rsync for Windows.

cwRsync is an implementation of Rsync for Windows. Rsync uses a file transfer technology specified by the Rsync algorithm, transferring only changed chunks of files over the network. cwRsync can be used for remote file backup and synchronization from/to Windows systems. cwRsync contains Cygwin DLLs and a compiled version of Rsync on Cygwin.

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rsync (cwrsync) in Gitbash - The source and destination cannot both be remote. [windows 7]

I am trying to sync a local path to another drive using Git Bash in Windows 7. I downloaded cwRsync and copied the files over to my Git bash bin directory. I can run rsync but the following command gives me problems rsync -av /c/00-dev/05-batch…
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cwRsync ignores "nontsec" on Windows 7

I use cwRsync to sync up some file from Windows to Ubuntu. This process used to work fine on Vista, but since I upgraded to Windows7, I keep getting permission issues. Some background... I did use to get the same permission issues on Vista, but that…
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rsync from linux to windows without smb mount

I would like to use rsync to mirror a git repo from a linux machine to several Windows servers. What I'm seeing online so far are solutions that require you mount the Windows side using samba. ideally I would like to avoid that because it would…
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cwrsync in windows not being recognised

I am trying to move from a mac environment to a windows one and require rsync. Found cwrsync @ http://www.rsync.net/resources/howto/windows_rsync.html I have installed the cwrsync program fine, I can call the rsync at cmd but on when in the…
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rsync -option explaination?

I've seen the switches below on an rsync script and I just wondered if someone could break them down for me... rsync --chmod=ugo=rwX ugo? rwX (read-write-Execute - why the capitalisation on Execute?) --chmod=CHMOD affect file and/or…
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Powershell: "set home=PATH"

i try to migrate a cmd Batch file to powershell, but powershell don't accept the SET HOME command. The Script SET HOME=c:\home\user $destination=user@server:/cygdrive/c/Build $source=/cygdrive/c/Build rsync -av -e "./ssh" $source…
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Vagrant rsync error: Error: Could not create directory '/home/Eric/.ssh'

I installer Vagrant 1.8.1 on Windows 10 and as well cygwin and cwRsync. Now i get this error when do vagrant up: There was an error when attempting to rsync a synced folder. Please inspect the error message below for more info. Host path:…
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Windows 8.1 Task Scheduler Won't Execute Rsync/SSH Without being Logged On

I've created and scheduled a batch file in Windows 8.1 (to perform rsync offsite backups through an SSH tunnel) and I can run it: manually through task scheduler manually when I right click -> Run through task scheduler automatically when I am…
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cwrsync permissions on private key

I installed cwRsync 5.3.0 on Windows 8, and I want to set up password-less SSH. I ran ssh-keygen to create the keys, and copied the public key to the remote box. But when I try to SSH, I get this: C:\>ssh…
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How do I use rsync shared folders in Vagrant on Windows?

I want to develop WordPress websites locally using Vagrant (Host: Windows 8 64-bit; Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). I am using Chris Wiegman's Primary Vagrant (an Apache version of VVV) I got it working, but as soon as I added all my files the site ran…
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Ways to synch many (small) files over high-latency network connection

We typically deploy our software applications to our clients using Subversion (svn update on the clients; unidirectional). We're currently experiencing problems with one of our clients because of the high latency (large file download speeds are…
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Lost use of forward slash in windows command prompt

I can no longer use / at the windows xp command prompt, and it seems to have started after a botched cygwin installation, e.g. cd /windows won't work, but used to. Can anyone think of how this might have happened? OOPS! It doesn't normally work in…
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CWRsync failing due to spaces in directory names

I'm having trouble rsyncing folders with spaces between the names between two servers. I have researched this error online but many of the solutions deal with just one folder with spaces, my problem is that I have two subfolders with spaces in their…
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cwRsync adding "." to filename and erroring "Operation not permitted"

I'm trying to use cwRsync, version 3.2.3 protocol version 31, on a fully patched Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit machine to copy files to a FreeNAS running FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE-p14. The command I'm using is: rsync -avhe "./ssh -i…
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rsync error: Bad file number

I'm trying to rsync content from local machine (Windows 7 on 64bits) to remote server (Ubuntu 8 on 64bits) and it fails. Any piece of advice is more than welcome as I've already spent too much time with this crap... Thanks in advance! $ ls -al total…
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