simple rdist rcs and tools , srtools , synchronizing
srtools is a set of simple remote tools. the main two to mention:
simple rdist distributes files or commands across hosts. srdist(1) understands rcs(1) files and host based files. there are several other tools see README.
rcs tools has a few things , like "late-checkins" to check for files that one forgot to check in an dorev to force check in / do easy check in (avoiding complicated options).
host based files is a way to allow hosts to distribute all files without clobbering host specific files. and with that ...
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The class is made to work as an alternative to rsync when FTP is only available. The class use FTP to do synchronization to the target FTP host. It only copies the new and modified files after last run of the script.
You can specify exclude list to the class and any directories or files in this list will be ignored from synchronization.