[X-HW] Ethernet Transfer Rates - rsyncX??

[Gretchen Hayman]

On Sunday, Dec 22, 2002, at 11:45 US/Central, Vard Nelson wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion, but what is "rsyncX" and how does one "ftp?"
> "ftp client?"  We are a pretty simple shop!  I am familiar with
> "drag-and-drop"

Rsync (according to the man page) is a "faster, flexible replacement 
for rcp," with rcp being remote file copy.  It's (generally) a command 
line program to use to copy/move/synchronize files/folders.

RsyncX is the version developed for Mac OS X that supports resources 
forks and hfs volumes.  The installer package, FAQ, and info can be 
found here: <http://www.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/intro.html>
The nice part about the RsyncX package is that it has a GUI that can be 
used, if you are not familiar or comfortable with using the command 
line in Terminal.

Ftp is the internet file transfer program, another means of copying 
data/files.  You can ftp as simply as typing the ftp command on the 
Terminal command line.  If you're not familiar or comfortable with the 
command line, though, Fetch purports to be a user-friendly Mac ftp 
client, allowing drag and drop file transfers.  Since I prefer the 
command line to GUI, I don't user Fetch, but it seems to be a favorite 
with the Mac crowd.  It's shareware and can be had from the usual 
suspect (versiontracker.com): 
<http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=1126&db=mac>

Hope this helps.
Gretchen