On Nov 22, 11:06 am, "Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)"
wrote:
> Is Rsync or anything equivalent available on VMS and what are peoples
> exeperience.
> I am trying to synchronise files between different disks (same and
> different machines)
>
> Andrwe


rsync for OpenVMS - ported by John Malmberg
http://eisner.encompasserve.org/~malmberg/rsync/
rsync (for unix) homepage
http://rsync.samba.org/


* Also...

COMPARE_DIR
Compare two directories, reporting missing files, etc.
http://vms.process.com/scripts/files...om?COMPARE_DIR
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/f...0/compare_dir/

Guiffy - Advanced Cross-Platform Diff/Merge software
http://www.guiffy.com/
see screen shot of Guiffy 5.0 on OpenVMS
http://www.guiffy.com/shots.html


* Here are some DCL Procedures that may suffice or be adapted for your
purpose...

COPY_IF_NEWER
http://dcl.openvms.org/stories.php?s.../09/23/4479412

List_unique_files.com
http://dcl.openvms.org/stories.php?s.../03/12/9626497

List_unique_files.com part II
http://dcl.openvms.org/stories.php?s.../03/22/8049141


* Some tools that may be useful to roll your own Dir Compare/Merge
Utility...

CMPDIR
Compare two directories like DCL DIFFERENCES
http://vms.process.com/scripts/files...erv.com?CMPDIR
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware80/cmpdir/

diffutils - TU Delft - HREM
http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#DFU

diffutils - OpenVMS Freeware CD v5
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/f.../gnudiffutils/

GNUDIFFUTILS - pdv-systeme
ftp://ftp.pdv-systeme.de/vms/


* The original Norton Utilities for DOS had a nice Directory Merge/
Compare function, so one or more of the following NU-like clones may
have the capability as well...

CRS - Norton Commander-style directory browser for VMS
http://vms.process.com/scripts/files...leserv.com?CRS
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware80/crs/

VTFM - Norton Commander-Style File Manager
http://vms.process.com/scripts/files...eserv.com?VTfm
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware80/vtfm/


* Some other File Managers for OpenVMS...

FilesPlus - by WDA System Software
http://www.dempsey.com/prodsvms.html#abv

flist - TPU-based directory and file manager
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware80/flist/
http://vms.process.com/scripts/files...ll&RD=&RM=&RY=
http://invisible-island.net/flist/flist.html

FILEMASTER - Diskeeper Corp.
http://www.execsoft.com/products/vms-vax/vms-vax.asp

DX - Directory eXtension (File and Directory Manager)
http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?DX
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware80/dx/

C SWING with MOST
http://www-rak.sggw.waw.pl/info/tools/SWING/
http://vms.process.com/ftp/vms-freeware/NARNIA/


Cheers!

Keith Cayemberg

Hi Andrew,

one caution about that rsync for OpenVMS URL. After reading further,
it appears to me to be an unfinished project looking for further
participants.

Cheers!

Keith

Andrew Black (delete obvious bit) wrote:
> Is Rsync or anything equivalent available on VMS and what are peoples
> exeperience.
> I am trying to synchronise files between different disks (same and
> different machines)

Rsync needs some work to make it reliable on VMS. I have not had the
time to do any updates to it for a few years.

I was doing daily builds for a while, but no longer have the time.

I do not know how long it would take for me to reproduce the binary that
I am using now, and it has too many bugs for me to post it anywhere.

-John
wb8tyw@qsl.net
Personal Opinion Only

In article , "Andrew Black (delete obvious bit)" writes:
> Is Rsync or anything equivalent available on VMS and what are peoples
> exeperience.
> I am trying to synchronise files between different disks (same and
> different machines)

The very best way to synchronise files between different disks on
the same or different machine is to put the machines in a VMScluster
and set the disks to shadow each other.