WHAT IS RSYNC?
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-rsync is a replacement for rcp that has many more features.
+rsync is a replacement for scp/rcp that has many more features.
rsync uses the "rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for
bringing remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the
Rsync normally uses ssh or rsh for communication. It does not need to
be setuid and requires no special privileges for installation. You
-must, however, have a working ssh or rsh system. Using ssh is
+must, however, have a working ssh or rsh system. Using ssh is
recommended for its security features.
Alternatively, rsync can run in `daemon' mode, listening on a socket.
Once built put a copy of rsync in your search path on the local and
remote systems (or use "make install"). That's it!
-RSYNC SERVERS
+RSYNC DAEMONS
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-rsync can also talk to "rsync servers" which can provide anonymous or
+rsync can also talk to "rsync daemons" which can provide anonymous or
authenticated rsync. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for details on how
-to setup a rsync server. See the rsync(1) man page for info on how to
-connect to a rsync server.
+to setup an rsync daemon. See the rsync(1) man page for info on how to
+connect to an rsync daemon.
MAILING LIST
To join the mailing list see the web page at http://lists.samba.org/
-To send mail to everyone on the list send it to rsync@samba.org
+To send mail to everyone on the list send it to rsync@lists.samba.org
BUG REPORTS
If you have web access then please look at
- http://rsync.samba.org
+ http://rsync.samba.org/
That page contains links to the current bug list, and information on
how to report a bug well. You might also like to try searching the
http://mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/
-Please send bug reports to
+To send a bug report, follow the instructions on the bug-tracking
+page of the web site.
- rsync@lists.samba.org
+If you don't have web access, email your bug report to
+rsync@lists.samba.org.
CVS TREE
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@pserver.samba.org:/cvsroot co rsync
-Look at the cvs documentation, or http://samba.org/cvs.html, for more
-details.
+Look at the cvs documentation for more details.
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