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Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard
Date 2015-02-20 12:52 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-02-20, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
>>I installed ncftp (binary) so I could bring in my dotfiles, and my
>>aliases, and my $PATH; I turned on the zshell and I was in business.
>
> Ncftp? Hrmph! Rsync. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

Even scp would be an even better method. FTP is insecure, and rsync may
not be available everywhere. That said, if rsync is available, the
synchronization functionality is extremely useful for copying large
numbers of files.

>> OS X ships with a useless out-of-date rsync,
>
> It is out of date. I don't see how it is useless as it works just fine.
> I only bother to compile rsync on my main machines; on the others the
> pre-installed one is fine.

Same here. I use it often and it works fine.

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JR

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how to install dual boot on snow leopard Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 10:57 -0800
  Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-14 13:30 -0600
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-14 14:45 -0500
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-14 20:56 +0000
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-15 09:35 +1300
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-15 09:52 -0600
        Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-16 08:58 +1300
  Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-14 19:47 +0000
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-02-14 16:30 -0800
    Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-19 05:02 -0500
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-19 17:11 +0000
        Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 14:11 -0500
          Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 05:03 +0000
            Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:48 -0500
              Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 14:13 +0000
            Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 12:52 +0000
      Re: how to install dual boot on snow leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:13 +1300

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