[TriLUG] cygwin reviews

[James Tuttle]

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Jason Watts wrote:
> All,
> 
> I am considering doing some rsync stuff between a few windows systems and
> have heard about cygwin a few times.  Does anyone on here use it and is
> there any other/better recommended things to use?  Just asking for opinions
> before I start installing things on my PC's
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason

I did this very thing for my wife's old laptop.  Cron job Rsync over SSH
using key authentication to backup her laptop to my Linux box.  The
script I wrote and description of what I did is at
http://www.braggtown.com/blog/play/systems-tasks/

Jim

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