From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:43:50 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention rsync's definition of client and server.
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Mention rsync's definition of client and server.
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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 2a71c20b..0cf99da5 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ 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).
 
+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.
+
 manpagesection(SETUP)
 
 See the file README for installation instructions.