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rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. rsync is freely available under the GNU General Public Licensersync 2.2.1
The latest version of rsync is version 2.2.1. Changes in this release include:- fixed bugs in "use chroot = no" rsyncd.conf option
- fixed a bug in handling files larger than 2GB
- fixed a bug when using --log-format's %h and %a on a local copy
- backup deleted files when using --delete and --backup together
- always include "." when processing exclude lists, even with --exclude "*"
- improved speed of md4 implementation
- added "refuse options" and "dont compress" rsyncd.conf options
- added "timeout" rsyncd.conf options
- added "include" and "include from" rsyncd.conf options
- rsync daemon verifies that optional secrets file is not other-accessible
- exits log the source code file and line number that the exit occurred from
- always compile with "-O" by default
- changed strlcat and strcpy functions to not conflict with new OpenBSD implementation
- support Unixware better
- removed man page typos and improved wording in many places
New maintainer
Dave Dykstra will be maintaining rsync while Andrew Tridgell is writing his PhD thesis (due for submission in February 1999). Please don't send any personal email to Andrew until then, if you need to contact Andrew about rsync then go via Dave.