Is there a file synchronization program that works over FTP?

[KingNothing]

"Make Available Offline" in Win2K/XP is screwy and I can't use it when I'm not in my room anyhow. What I'd like is a program that monitors a directory for any changes and then synchronizes those changes between my desktop and laptop.

 

[Nothinman]

rsync is really efficient although it uses it's own protocol. It basically checksums chunks of the files on both sides and only transfers the chunks that don't match, so if a file is updated you download the parts that changed, not the whole file.

 

[KingNothing]

Hmmm...evaluation version of rsync only works with first 15 files it finds.

bump for more options

 

[Nothinman]

Evaluation? It's open source.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Evaluation? It's open source.

The open source version isn't for windows though. I found a windows version on download.com, but that you had to pay for.

C'mon, there's gotta be other file synchronization utilities for windows out there?

 

[thornc]

Google is your friend....

Here's a link!

 

[prosaic]

Scooter Software's Beyond Compare is what I use. Not free, but a very full-featured utility. I couldn't live without it.

Okay, I could live without. I would just not be as happy when doing my synchronizations.

- prosaic