X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/82306bf6d644ceca9ef07b4989fb317fc8a613e5..c95da96a0c51c66c8cb2eff97b768a717d9e0c79:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 9de50946..87d72d1c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -47,12 +47,19 @@ Options: --rsync-path PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine -C, --cvs-exclude auto ignore files in the same way CVS does --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side + --force force deletion of directories even if not empty + --numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name + --timeout TIME set IO timeout in seconds -I, --ignore-times don't exclude files that match length and time +-T --temp-dir DIR create temporary files in directory DIR -z, --compress compress file data --exclude FILE exclude file FILE --exclude-from FILE exclude files listed in FILE --suffix SUFFIX override backup suffix --version print version number + --daemon run as a rsync daemon + --config FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file + --port PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number SETUP @@ -68,9 +75,23 @@ To install rsync, first run the "configure" script. This will create a Makefile and config.h appropriate for your system. Then type "make". +Note that on some systems you will have to force configure not to use +gcc because gcc may not support some features (such as 64 bit file +offsets) that your system may support. Set the environment variable CC +to the name of your native compiler before running configure in this +case. + 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 can also talk to "rsync servers" which can provide anonymous or +authenticated rsync. See the rsync.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. + MAILING LIST ------------ @@ -89,7 +110,7 @@ BUG REPORTS ----------- If you have web access then please look at -http://samba.anu.edu.au/cgi-bin/rsync +http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ This will give you access to the bug tracking system used by the developers of rsync and will allow you to look at other bug reports or @@ -119,18 +140,20 @@ COPYRIGHT --------- Rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras, and is -available under the GPL. +available under the Gnu Public License. -Andrew.Tridgell@anu.edu.au +tridge@samba.anu.edu.au paulus@cs.anu.edu.au AVAILABILITY ------------ -The main ftp site for rsync is ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync +The main ftp site for rsync is ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync +This is also available as rsync://samba.anu.edu.au/rsyncftp/ Mirrors are available at: ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/unix/rsync ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/unix/admin/rsync +ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/network/rsync/