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Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:03:44 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: dSync (was: Hey Sheridan)

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Sheridan George wrote:
>
> I got this one. So, what did you do differently?

I sent it on the SCOUG-Help list. This message is also on the
SCOUG-Help list. Your ISP will accept mail from SCOUG, it just won't
accept mail from _me_.

> dSync was easy to set up. I got it working without any
> grief. It takes some time but I think I have a fix for
> that. I made several dSync.cfg files. I will, real soon
> now, make a REXX script that will copy a specific template
> to dSync.cfg, call dSync, and then copy a "NOP" template
> back to dsync.cfg.

The REXX script isn't necessary. Just use a separate .cmd for each of
the .cfg files, and specify the .cfg on the command line (that's what I
do).

For example, my dsync-MC.cmd file contains

dsync -v dsync-MC.cfg

which will run my dsync-MC.cfg script and show me what it's doing. The
-v option _does_ increase the execution time because it displays every
filename, so I minimize it as soon as I see that it's running okay.

> FWIW, I have templates to dSync
> 1) all of my main drive to my mirror drive,
> 2) the data partition to the mirror,
> 3) the applications partition to the mirror,
> 4) and a similar set to do the reverse.

I have the same on my system, so we think alike. Except I don't have
any .cfg files to "do the reverse" -- I don't want to accidentally run
the wrong script some day and remove all my new files.

> I claim success with dSync.

Good. Everybody seems to like it.

- Peter

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