Does anyone know of a good open source FTP client for Windows that allows for scheduled synchronizing? I'm needing something also very....very... user friendly.
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I'd recommend rsync over ssh. Can't say it's that user-friendly though, but if it's going to be scheduled anyway, does it need to be that user friendly or could you build some minimal UIs on top of it to make it easier?
auramo
2008-09-17 14:02:14
Unfortunately I think it will need to have some sort of UI. This also needs to be able to run on Windows. I want the user to be able to run a sync as well as for it to be able to run on a schedule.
CodeRot
2008-09-17 14:04:56
+2
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For windows I like WinSCP, though I haven't tried its synchronization feature.
Craig Hyatt
2008-09-17 14:05:09
A:
There are a couple of more options. Currently we use SyncBackSE (Not OS) although there is a more limited Freeware version SyncBack. These are both very good for a easy to use UI but seem to have problems when syncronising large numbers of files in multiple profiles (~300,000 small files)
The other option is DeltaCopy which actually is a front end service for rsync (uses the cygwin library). The only problem with this one is the interface has some strange "features" and you need to setup on both server and client. Also the rsync version is a little out-dated last time I checked, but with a quick search on google you can find replacements that can be just dropped straight into the install dir.
caveman_dick
2010-04-27 17:08:09