Robert Citek schrieb: > I would imagine this rsync-based backup scheme would involve a number of > different programs: cygwin itself, crond, ssh, ps, and bash at a minimum in > addition to rsync. That's a lot of different programs. >> I'm beginning to think a non-Cygwin solution may be their better fit and > may be the one they are leaning towards. rsync compiles fine without cygwin. http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/nt.html the rest could be done with "at" and "putty" (RSYNC_RSH=plink). for full backups "pscp" from putty is also ok. see http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp14admin/rsync/ -- Reini Urban http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/