cygwin + rsync [closed]

Question

I would like to backup a dir in Win XP on a Solaris server via rsync. I installed cygwin but when I type rsync I get 'command not found'. How can I install rsync? And how can I install ssh. I have installed Poderosa as ssh client (a sort of putty).

Answer 1

run your cygwin setup.exe again, and expand the categories to find 'rsync' and 'ssh'.

Answer 2

Much easier. Run setup, click through to the 'Cygwin Setup - Select Packages' window, and type 'rsync' in the 'Search' box at upper left. At this writing, this shows three lines, one of which is 'Net'. Expand Net and you'll find rsync. Click the circular arrow icon to mark it for install, then click Next at lower right.

Answer 3

You still need to install the rsync package. Run setup.exe again and go through the packages manually (it's probably in 'networking' or 'utilities').

Answer 4

When you run setup.exe, the package selection will be set to "default". You need to click on the top-level circular arrow picture until it says "Install" or "Full" (my memory fails me), it will do this for all sub-packages as well.

The first time you click on it, wait a few seconds - there's a long delay in getting from "default" to the next option.

That's the best way. All the times I've tried to select individual packages, I've had troubles so I've long since gotten into the habit of installing everything.

Answer 5

If all you want is rsync, the BackupPC project (OSS) has a slightly modified version of cygwin's rsync that runs without a full cygwin installation, and can even be installed remotely on PCs with IPC$. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34854&package_id=88133