Re: [Monotone-devel] Some Newbie Questions

[Jon Bright]

Hi,

address@hidden wrote:

> I would like to use Monotone to replicate data to a series of distant 
> offices which have slow internet connections.  The data they need is 
> read-only.  I know that I could use FTP or something like Coda/Intermezzo 
> to bring their data to them.  However, what I would prefer is to just have 
> a single depot that I update, and then have periodic cron jobs running in 
> the local offices to bring the data to them.  I think that Monotone might 
> turn out to better than these alternatives.

Monotone could do this, but as Nathaniel said, it sounds like rsync 
would be a better fit.  They're actually second cousins in a sense - 
xdelta, which is what Monotone uses to represent differences between 
versions, acknowledges that a lot of the inspiration came from rsync.

Find rsync here:

http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/

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Jon Bright
Silicon Circus Ltd.
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