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Andrew Tridgell 0af88421dc import rsync-web website content as a subdirectory
Fold the standalone rsync-web repo into the rsync source tree as
rsync-web/, eliminating the sibling-checkout convention and the
drift it causes between the release-time HTML snapshot in
../release/rsync-html and the source of truth in ../rsync-web.

Flat-copy import (no git history merge).  The standalone repo at
github.com/RsyncProject/rsync-web is retained for historical
reference and will be archived once the in-tree copy proves itself.

Add /rsync-web/ to .gitattributes with export-ignore so the
website content does not bloat the release source tarball
produced by 'git archive' in packaging/release.py step_7_tarball.

A follow-up commit repoints HTML_SRC in packaging/release.py at
the new in-tree location.
2026-05-20 15:36:44 +10:00

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<H2 align="center">Welcome to the rsync web pages</H2>
rsync is an <A HREF="https://www.opensource.org/">open source</A>
utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. rsync is freely
available under the <A HREF="GPL.html">GNU General Public
License</A> and is currently being maintained by
<a href="email:<tridge@samba.org>">Andrew Tridgell</a>.
<p>A full changelog of all the releases, including upcoming releases, is in the
<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS">NEWS file</a>.
<div style="float: right">
<a href="https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/actions">
<img src="badge.svg">
</a></div>
<h3>Rsync version 3.4.3 released</h3>
<i class=date>May 20th, 2026</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.4.3 has been released. This is a major security release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.3">3.4.3 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
The latest manpages are also available for:<ul>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1"><b>rsync</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-ssl.1"><b>rsync-ssl</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsyncd.conf.5"><b>rsyncd.conf</b>(5)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rrsync.1"><b>rrsync</b>(1)</a>
</ul>
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.3.tar.gz">rsync-3.4.3.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.3.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.4.2 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.2-3.4.3.diffs.gz">rsync-3.4.2-3.4.3.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.2-3.4.3.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<h3>Rsync version 3.4.2 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 28th, 2026</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.4.2 has been released.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.2">3.4.2 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
The latest manpages are also available for:<ul>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1"><b>rsync</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-ssl.1"><b>rsync-ssl</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsyncd.conf.5"><b>rsyncd.conf</b>(5)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rrsync.1"><b>rrsync</b>(1)</a>
</ul>
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.2.tar.gz">rsync-3.4.2.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.2.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.4.1 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.1-3.4.2.diffs.gz">rsync-3.4.1-3.4.2.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.1-3.4.2.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<h3>Rsync version 3.4.1 released</h3>
<i class=date>January 15th, 2025</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.4.1 has been released.
This is a fix for some regressions in 3.4.0
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.1">3.4.1 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
The latest manpages are also available for:<ul>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1"><b>rsync</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-ssl.1"><b>rsync-ssl</b>(1)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsyncd.conf.5"><b>rsyncd.conf</b>(5)</a>
<li><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rrsync.1"><b>rrsync</b>(1)</a>
</ul>
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz">rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
with a tar file of the "rsync-patches" repository released in a separate file:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.4.1.tar.gz">rsync-patches-3.4.1.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.4.1.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.4.0 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.0-3.4.1.diffs.gz">rsync-3.4.0-3.4.1.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.4.0-3.4.1.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<h3>Rsync version 3.4.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>January 14th, 2025</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.4.0 has been released.
This is a security release, fixing several important security vulnerabilities.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.0">3.4.0 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.0.tar.gz">rsync-3.4.0.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.0.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
with a tar file of the "rsync-patches" repository released in a separate file:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.4.0.tar.gz">rsync-patches-3.4.0.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.4.0.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.3.0 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.3.0-3.4.0.diffs.gz">rsync-3.3.0-3.4.0.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.3.0-3.4.0.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<h3>Rsync version 3.3.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 6th, 2024</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.3.0 has been released.
This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.3.0">3.3.0 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.3.0.tar.gz">rsync-3.3.0.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.3.0.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
with a tar file of the "rsync-patches" repository released in a separate file:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.3.0.tar.gz">rsync-patches-3.3.0.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.3.0.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.2.2 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.7-3.3.0.diffs.gz">rsync-3.2.7-3.3.0.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.7-3.3.0.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.7 released</h3>
<i class=date>October 20th, 2022</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.7 has been released.
This has some new features &amp; fixes, including various bug fixes for arg validation &amp; filter-rule validation.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.7">3.2.7 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.2.7.tar.gz">rsync-3.2.7.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.2.7.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
with a tar file of the "rsync-patches" repository released in a separate file:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.2.7.tar.gz">rsync-patches-3.2.7.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.2.7.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.2.2 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.6-3.2.7.diffs.gz">rsync-3.2.6-3.2.7.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.6-3.2.7.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.6 released</h3>
<i class=date>September 9th, 2022</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.6 has been released.
This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.6">3.2.6 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
<p>The source tar is available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.2.6.tar.gz">rsync-3.2.6.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.2.6.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
with a tar file of the "rsync-patches" repository released in a separate file:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.2.6.tar.gz">rsync-patches-3.2.6.tar.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.2.6.tar.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>,
and the diffs from version 3.2.2 are available here:
<b><a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.5-3.2.6.diffs.gz">rsync-3.2.5-3.2.6.diffs.gz</a>
(<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-diffs/rsync-3.2.5-3.2.6.diffs.gz.asc">signature</a>)</b>.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.5 released</h3>
<i class=date>August 14th, 2022</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.5 has been released.
This is a bug-fix and <a href="security.html" class=security>security</a> release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.5">3.2.5 NEWS</a> for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.4 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 15th, 2022</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.4 has been released.
Another typical release with both bug fixes and some enhancements. It also contains a
<a href="security.html#s3_2_4" class=security>security fix</a>
for the bundled zlib 1.2.8, which may or may not be used in your particular build configuration.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.4">3.2.4 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.3 released</h3>
<i class=date>August 6th, 2020</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.3 has been released.
It contains a smattering of bug fixes and various enhancements.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.3">3.2.3 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.2 released</h3>
<i class=date>July 4th, 2020</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.2 has been released.
This is a few more portability fixes, some improvements to the newest features, and some
other simple changes. Hopefully this will be the last of these recent touch-up releases.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.2">3.2.2 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.1 released</h3>
<i class=date>June 22th, 2020</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.1 has been released.
This is mainly a few fixes for some release issues and portability problems.
There's also a couple new features, just for good measure.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.1">3.2.1 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.2.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>June 19th, 2020</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.2.0 has been released.
This release has a good number of a few new features and various bug fixes.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.0">3.2.0 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.1.3 released</h3>
<i class=date>January 28th, 2018</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.1.3 has been released.
This release has a
<a href="security.html#s3_1_3" class=security>couple security fixes</a>,
a few new features, and various bug fixes.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.1.3">3.1.3 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.1.2 released</h3>
<i class=date>December 21st, 2015</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.1.2 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
It includes a <a href="security.html#s3_1_2" class=security>security fix</a>
for a transfer from a sender that you don't fully trust.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.1.2">3.1.2 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.1.1 released</h3>
<i class=date>June 22nd, 2014</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.1.1 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.1.1">3.1.1 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.1.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>September 28th, 2013</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.1.0 has been released. This is a
feature release that improves performance, provides several new options, and
fixes a few bugs along the way.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.1.0">3.1.0 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.9 released</h3>
<i class=date>September 23th, 2011</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.9 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.9">3.0.9 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.8 released</h3>
<i class=date>March 26th, 2011</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.8 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.8">3.0.8 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.7 released</h3>
<i class=date>December 31th, 2009</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.7 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.7">3.0.7 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.6 released</h3>
<i class=date>May 8th, 2009</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.6 has been released. This is a bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.6">3.0.6 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.5 released</h3>
<i class=date>December 28th, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.5 has been released. This is another bug-fix release.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.5">3.0.5 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.4 released</h3>
<i class=date>September 6th, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.4 has been released. This is a bug-fix release with the
only enhancement being the adding of a way to interact with an
overly-restrictive server that refuses rsync's behind-the-scenes use of the -e
option.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.4">3.0.4 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.3 released</h3>
<i class=date>June 29th, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.3 has been released. This is a bug-fix release that has
no new features (though it does have one new script in the support directory).
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.3">3.0.3 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.2 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 8th, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.2 has been released. This is a
<a href="security.html#s3_0_2" class=security>security release</a>
that fixes a potential buffer-overflow issue.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.2">3.0.2 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.1 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 3rd, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.1 has been released. This is a bug-fix release, which also
includes fixes/improvements for several issues in the daemon-exclude code.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.1">3.0.1 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 3.0.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>March 1st, 2008</i>
<p>Rsync version 3.0.0 is finally here! This is a feature release that
also includes quite a few bug fixes.
<p>The 3.0.0 version number is such a large bump up from 2.6.9 due to the
addition of an
incremental recursion scan (which helps a lot with large transfers) and the
official arrival of several other new features, including ACL support, extended
attribute support, filename character-set conversion, etc.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.0.0">3.0.0 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 2.6.9 released</h3>
<i class=date>November 6th, 2006</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.9 has been released. This is primarily a bug-fix
release with a few minor new features.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.9">2.6.9 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync version 2.6.8 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 22th, 2006</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.8 has been released. This is a bug-fix release that
primarily addresses an exclude problem that affected the --relative option,
but also includes a <a href="security.html#s2_6_8" class=security>security fix</a> for
the xattrs.diff patch (which is not an
official part of rsync, but some packagers include it in their release).
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.8">2.6.8 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.7 released</h3>
<i class=date>March 11th, 2006</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.7 has been released. This release has both several new
features and the usual accompaniment of bug fixes.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.7">2.6.7 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.6 released</h3>
<i class=date>July 28th, 2005</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.6 has been released. This release is a bug-fix release
which contains a <a href="security.html#s2_6_6" class=security>security fix</a>
to handle a null-pointer bug that turned up in rsync's version of zlib
1.1.4 (this is not the recent zlib 1.2.2 security fix, which did not
affect rsync) and to squash a few other minor bugs. To deal with the
zlib issue, rsync has been upgraded to include zlib 1.2.3.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.6">2.6.6 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.5 released</h3>
<i class=date>June 1st, 2005</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.5 has been released. This release is primarily a bug-fix
release to squash some annoying problems that made it into the (feature-filled)
release of 2.6.4, plus a few minor enhancements.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.5">2.6.5 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.4 released</h3>
<i class=date>March 30th, 2005</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.4 has been released. This release combines quite a
few new features, some improved delete efficiency, and the usual array of
bug fixes.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.4">2.6.4 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.3 released</h3>
<i class=date>September 30th, 2004</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.3 has been released. It contains several new features
and quite a few bug fixes, including a <a href="security.html#s2_6_3" class=security>security
fix</a> for a patch-sanitizing bug in the daemon code.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.3">2.6.3 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.2 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 30th, 2004</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.2 has been released. It is a bug-fix release that mainly
fixes <b>a bug with the --relative option (-R) in 2.6.1</b>
that could cause files to be transferred incorrectly. This only affected a
source right at the root of the filesystem, such as "/" or "/*" (if you
first "cd /" and then copy from ".", it would not tickle the bug).
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.2">2.6.2 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.1 released</h3>
<i class=date>April 26th, 2004</i>
<p>Rsync version 2.6.1 has been released. It is primarily a performance
release that requires less memory to run, makes fewer write calls to the socket
(lowering the system CPU time), does less string copying (lowering the user CPU
time), and also reduces the amount of data that is transmitted over the wire.
There have also been quite a few bug fixes, including a
<a href="security.html#s2_6_1" class=security>security fix</a> for a daemon problem when chroot
is not enabled. See the
<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.1">2.6.1 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
<p><hr>
<h3>One Cygwin hang-problem resolved</h3>
<p>The problem with rsync hanging at the end of the transfer on
<a href="https://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a> had been previously traced to a
signal-handling bug in their compatibility DLL. This bug appears to now be
fixed in DLL version 1.5.7-1, and Cygwin users are reporting that upgrading the
DLL removes the hang-at-end-of-transfer problem for their existing rsync executable.
(Note that this doesn't solve a hang that some folks see in the middle of a
transfer -- using daemon mode instead of ssh can work around that one.)
<p><hr>
<h3>Rsync 2.6.0 released</h3>
<i class=date>January 1st, 2004</i>
<P> Two important things to note in the new release:
<ol>
<li>The default remote shell is now "ssh" unless you tell configure you want to
make something else the default.
<li>Some bug fixes in the include/exclude code, while making things work
properly, have resulted in some user-visible changes for certain wildcard
strings. Read the BUG FIXES section in the
<a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.0">2.6.0 NEWS</a>
to see if any of these changes apply to you.
(Most people should be unaffected.)
</ol>
<p>One other item of note is that the oft-requested option "--files-from" is now
available. This option lets you specify a list of files to transfer, and can
be much more efficient than a recursive descent using include/exclude
statements (if you know in advance what files you want to transfer). The list
of files can come from either side of the connection, so it is possible for a
server to provide the file-list that lets someone grab a server-specified set of
files, for example. See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1">rsync man page</a>
for more details.
<p>See the <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#2.6.0">2.6.0 NEWS</a>
for a detailed changelog.
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