Comments on: xcopy vs. rsync http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:27:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andreas http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Andreas Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:26:41 +0000 http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/#comment-768 As far as I understand it, the big advantage of rsync are delta backups - if only some stuff is changed in a file, rsync copies only the difference and not the whole file. The only, but probably important, case where this is usefull is, when backuping Outlook PST files offsite. As far as I understand it, the big advantage of rsync are delta backups – if only some stuff is changed in a file, rsync copies only the difference and not the whole file. The only, but probably important, case where this is usefull is, when backuping Outlook PST files offsite.

]]> By: Jim Bell http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Jim Bell Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:24:27 +0000 http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/#comment-155 John: thanks for the input. But rsync considers files as binary data, no? Do you mean dealing with special characters in file names? That's something I hadn't considered. I ultimately went with xcopy in my Windows environment, too. John: thanks for the input. But rsync considers files as binary data, no? Do you mean dealing with special characters in file names? That’s something I hadn’t considered.

I ultimately went with xcopy in my Windows environment, too.

]]> By: john http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-154 john Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:47:50 +0000 http://jc-bell.com/blog/2007/09/22/xcopy-vs-rsync/#comment-154 you failed to mention that rsync doesn't have extended charater support out of the box when used on Windows. It requires some extra work if you are using cyrillic charecters or non-ascii charecters in your environment. based on this and a few other articles I think I'm going to start using xcopy in pure windows environments. thanks you failed to mention that rsync doesn’t have extended charater support out of the box when used on Windows. It requires some extra work if you are using cyrillic charecters or non-ascii charecters in your environment.

based on this and a few other articles I think I’m going to start using xcopy in pure windows environments.

thanks

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