Status: mostly obsolete; 2005-2010
I contributed to and supported rsync, the fast, versatile remote file-copying tool, from approximately September 2005 until March 2010; I continue to use rsync heavily. I previously maintained this collection of rsync-related materials, which roughly consists of rsync packages, my custom version of rsync, related scripts, and information about development tools and work in progress.
Useful links: official site, downloads, mailing list info and archives, Bugzilla, browse official source repository.
In the spirit of distributed development, I now have my own rsync source repository (git), which you can browse or clone from the link. Here's a mirror that supports git:// access. In this repository, I plan to offer my fixes and enhancements that have not yet been proposed/considered for the official rsync, some changes that Wayne declined for the official rsync but I believe important, rsync-related experiments, and anything else people find useful.
Here's what's in the repository now:
Out-of-date stuff that I moved aside around 2008-07-29 until I have time to update it:
Starting 2010-03-24, there is a separate repository for the maintained patches, like upstream.
This repository is all very experimental. I don't have all the infrastructure in place (do we want a mailing list specific to my stuff?), and I haven't decided how I'm going to structure proposed vs. declined patches or whether I'll do releases of a custom rsync or just let people pull it from the repository. I'm figuring this out as I go; I'm open to suggestions, and please do tell me if something's broken.
Beginning on 2008-03-20, I am sending my proposed patches to this "rsync-patches" list instead of the main rsync list.
I am working on major revisions to the rsync man page to improve its organization and clarity. The new man page has been discussed in the following mailing list threads:
Here is the current draft of the new man page:
| Description | File | Size | Modification time |
|---|---|---|---|
| man page, yodl source | rsync.yo | 30239 | 2007-10-12 17:05:59 +0000 |
| man page, generated man version | rsync.1 | 30484 | 2007-10-12 17:06:08 +0000 |
Please send me comments and suggestions.
instant-rsyncd lets you quickly set up and start a simple, unprivileged rsync daemon with a single module in the current directory. I've found it invaluable for quick testing, and I use it when writing a list of commands that people can paste into a terminal to reproduce a daemon-related bug. Sysadmins deploying an rsync daemon for the first time may find it helpful as a starting point.
Last change: On 2008-08-14, I changed instant-rsyncd to disable group and other permissions on the secrets file to avoid running afoul of the daemon's "strict modes" check, and I improved the comment at the top.
| File | Size | Modification time |
|---|---|---|
| instant-rsyncd | 2573 | 2008-08-14 17:41:28 +0000 |