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Mention rsync's definition of client and server.
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destination, the files are listed in an output format similar to "ls -l".
As expected, if neither the source or destination path specify a remote
host, the copy occurs locally (see also the bf(--list-only) option).
As expected, if neither the source or destination path specify a remote
host, the copy occurs locally (see also the bf(--list-only) option).
+Rsync refers to the local side as the "client" and the remote side as the
+"server". Don't confuse "server" with an rsync daemon -- a daemon is always a
+server, but a server can be either a daemon or a remote-shell spawned process.
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manpagesection(SETUP)
See the file README for installation instructions.
manpagesection(SETUP)
See the file README for installation instructions.