Here is a brief description of available options:
+Options:
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-c, --checksum always checksum
-a, --archive archive mode (same as -rlptDog)
-b, --backup make backups (default ~ extension)
-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)
-l, --links preserve soft links
+-L, --copy-links treat soft links like regular files
-H, --hard-links preserve hard links
-p, --perms preserve permissions
-o, --owner preserve owner (root only)
-t, --times preserve times
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
-n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred
+-W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks
-x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
-B, --block-size SIZE checksum blocking size
-e, --rsh COMMAND specify rsh replacement
lots of people) send it to rsync@samba.anu.edu.au
+CVS TREE
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+
+If you want to get the very latest version of rsync direct from the
+source code repository then you can use anonymous cvs. You will need a
+recent version of cvs then use the following commands:
+
+ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@samba.anu.edu.au:/cvsroot login
+ Password: cvs
+
+ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@samba.anu.edu.au:/cvsroot co rsync
+
+Look at the cvs documentation for more details.
+
+
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+ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/rsync/