Backup Software/Script

[Venner]

I finally got abround to seting up a small linux server to keep backups of my music, etc.
80Gbx2 in a Raid-1 array + samba, then mapped as a network drive on my main box with winXP.

I copied over all of my stuff. Now, what I'd like is a simple way to periodically (probably manually)
check for differences between a directory on my main PC and the corresponding directory on the backup server.
When it finds a difference (filesize, modified, new file, etc.) it copies the new/modified file over to the backup server.
Pretty standard. And good free software to do this in win32?

(Pity both boxes aren't linux...a simple 1-2 line shell script then)

Thank!

 

[boran]

google for "file syncronisation" there are tons of programs that can do this, personally I use peersync, but since this is an industrial app (read: pricey) I think it's over your budget and over your needs (features that you wouldnt need etc) if syncronisation in both directions have to be done then it's not scriptable as you say tho.

 

[Venner]

Found one called "Unison" that works pretty well. Basically rsync via ssh, with a nice win32 gui.
Only problem is that messes up foreign characters. (And I have a lot of files in German, Spanish, Finnish, and Japanese. Ecclectic musical tastes.)

Any recommendations for other similar programs?