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DESCRIPTION
rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does, but has many more options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol to greatly speed up file transfers when the destination file already exists.

The rsync remote-update protocol allows rsync to transfer just the differences between two sets of files across the network link, using an efficient checksum-search algorithm described in the technical report that accompanies this package.

Some of the additional features of rsync are:

o support for copying links, devices, owners, groups and permissions

o exclude and exclude-from options similar to GNU tar

o a CVS exclude mode for ignoring the same files that CVS would ignore

o can use any transparent remote shell, including rsh or ssh

o does not require root privileges

o pipelining of file transfers to minimize latency costs

o support for anonymous or authenticated rsync servers (ideal for mirroring)

GENERAL
There are six different ways of using rsync. They are:

o for copying local files. This is invoked when neither source nor destination path contains a : separator

o for copying from the local machine to a remote machine using a remote shell program as the transport (such as rsh or ssh). This
is invoked when the destination path contains a single : separator.

o for copying from a remote machine to the local machine using a remote shell program. This is invoked when the source contains a : separator.

o for copying from a remote rsync server to the local machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a :: separator or a rsync:// URL.

o for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: separator.

o for listing files on a remote machine. This is done the same way as rsync transfers except that you leave off the local destination.

Note that in all cases (other than listing) at least one of the source and destination paths must be local.