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OPENRSYNC(1)		    General Commands Manual		  OPENRSYNC(1)

NAME
       openrsync -- synchronise	local and remote files

SYNOPSIS
       openrsync   [-aDgIJlnOoprtVvx]	[-e   program]	[--address=sourceaddr]
		 [--compare-dest=directory]   [--contimeout=seconds]   [--del]
		 [--exclude pattern] [--exclude-from=file] [--include pattern]
		 [--include-from=file]	 [--max-size=size]   [--min-size=size]
		 [--no-motd]	     [--numeric-ids]	      [--port=service]
		 [--rsync-path=program]	   [--size-only]   [--timeout=seconds]
		 source	... directory

DESCRIPTION
       The openrsync utility synchronises files	in the	destination  directory
       with  one  or  more source files.  Either the source or the destination
       directory may be	remote,	but not	both.  The arguments are as follows:

       -a, --archive
	       Shorthand for -Dgloprt.

       --address=sourceaddr
	       When connecting to an  rsync  daemon,  use  sourceaddr  as  the
	       source  address	for  connections,  which is useful on machines
	       with multiple interfaces.

       --compare-dest=directory
	       Use directory as	an alternate base directory to	compare	 files
	       against	on  the	 destination machine.  If file in directory is
	       found and identical to the sender's file, the file will not  be
	       transferred.   Multiple	--compare-dest directories may be pro-
	       vided.  If directory is a relative path,	it is relative to  the
	       destination directory.

       --contimeout=seconds
	       Set  the	 connection timeout in seconds.	 Exit if no connection
	       established within the specified	time.  The default is 0, which
	       means no	timeout.

       -D      Also  transfer  device  and  special  files.    Shorthand   for
	       --devices --specials.

       --del, --delete
	       Delete  files  in  directory  not  found	in source directories.
	       Only applicable with -r.

       -e program, --rsh=program
	       Specify alternative communication program, defaults to ssh(1).

       --exclude pattern
	       Exclude files matching pattern.

       --exclude-from=file
	       Load patterns and rules from file.

       --devices
	       Also transfer device files.

       -g, --group
	       Set the group name to match the	source.	  For  example,	 group
	       "kristaps"  with	ID 1000	on a remote server is matched to group
	       "kristaps" on the local machine with ID 2000.  If --numeric-ids
	       is also given or	if the remote group name is unknown on the lo-
	       cal machine, set	the numeric group ID to	match the  source  in-
	       stead.

       -I, --ignore-times
	       Do not skip based on file size and modification time.

       --include pattern
	       Include files matching pattern.

       --include-from=file
	       Load patterns and rules from file.

       -J, --omit-link-times
	       Don't set symlink modification times to match the source.

       -l, --links
	       Also  transfer  symbolic	 links.	  The link is transferred as a
	       standalone file:	if the destination does	not exist, it will  be
	       broken.

       --max-size size
	       Don't transfer any file that is larger than size	bytes.	Alter-
	       natively	 size  may  instead use	a multiplier, as documented in
	       scan_scaled(3), to specify the size.

       --min-size size
	       Don't transfer any file that is smaller than size  bytes.   See
	       --max-size on the definition of size.

       -n, --dry-run
	       Do  not actually	modify the destination.	 Mainly	useful in com-
	       bination	with -v.

       --no-motd
	       Do not display the Message of the Day.

       --numeric-ids
	       Ignore user and group names, use	numeric	 user  and  group  IDs
	       only.  Has no effect unless -g or -o is also given.

       -O, --omit-dir-times
	       Don't set directory modification	times to match the source.

       -o, --owner
	       Set  the	 user  name to match the source, with similar matching
	       logic as	for -g.	 If --numeric-ids is also given	or if the  re-
	       mote user name is unknown on the	local machine, set the numeric
	       user  ID	 to  match  the	 source	instead.  Only works if	run as
	       root.

       -p, --perms
	       Set destination file or	directory  permissions	to  match  the
	       source when it is updated.

       --port=service
	       Specify	an  alternative	 TCP  port number.  The	service	can be
	       given as	a decimal integer or as	a name to be looked up in  the
	       services(5) database.  The default is "rsync".

       -r, --recursive
	       If source designates a directory, synchronise the directory and
	       the  entire  subtree  connected	at that	point.	If source ends
	       with a slash, only the subtree is synchronised, not the	source
	       directory itself.  If source is a file, this has	no effect.

       --rsync-path=program
	       Run program on the remote host instead of the default rsync.

       --size-only
	       Skip files based	only on	size, don't check timestamp.

       --specials
	       Also transfer fifo and unix domain socket files.

       --timeout=seconds
	       Set  the	 I/O  timeout  in seconds.  Exit if no data was	trans-
	       ferred for the specified	time.  The default is 0,  which	 means
	       no timeout.

       -t, --times
	       Set  destination	 file and directory modification time to match
	       the source when it is updated or	created.

       -V, --version
	       Print version and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	       Increase	verbosity.  Specify once for files being  transferred,
	       twice  for specific status, thrice for per-file transfer	infor-
	       mation, and four	times for per-file breakdowns.

       -x      Do not cross filesystem boundaries.   If	 this  option  is  re-
	       peated,	all mount point	directories from the copy are omitted.
	       Otherwise, it includes an empty directory at each  mount	 point
	       it encounters.

       A  remote  source  or directory has the syntax host:path	for connecting
       via ssh(1), or rsync://host/path	or host::path for connecting to	a  re-
       mote  daemon.   Subsequent  to the first	remote source, the host	may be
       dropped to become just :path or ::path.

       For connecting to a remote daemon with rsync://host or host::path,  the
       first  path  component is interpreted as	a "module": host::module/path.
       This only applies to the	first source invocation; subsequent  to	 that,
       the module should not be	specified.

       By default, new destination files and directories are given the current
       time  and  the source file permissions.	Updated	files retain their ex-
       isting permissions.  It is an error if updated files  have  their  file
       types change (e.g., updating a directory	with a file).

       At  this	 time,	source	may only consist of regular files, directories
       (only with -r), or symbolic links  (only	 with  -l).   The  destination
       directory must be a directory and is created if not found.

EXIT STATUS
       The openrsync utility exits 0 on	success, 1 if an error occurs, or 2 if
       the remote protocol version is older than the local protocol version.

EXAMPLES
       A common	invocation of openrsync	is for archiving from a	remote host to
       the local computer:

	     % openrsync -av --delete remote:rpath /local/path

       This  will  update  the contents	of /local/path/rpath with those	on the
       remote server.  Switching remote	and local wil update the  remote  con-
       tents instead:

	     % openrsync -av --delete /local/path remote:rpath

       All  examples use -t so that destination	files inherit the source time.
       If not changed, subsequent invocations of openrsync will	then  consider
       the file	up to date and not transfer block hashes.

       To  update the out-of-date remote files host:dest/bar and host:dest/baz
       with the	local ../src/bar and ../src/baz:

	     % openrsync -t ../src/bar ../src/baz host:dest

       To update the out-of-date local files bar and baz with the remote files
       host:src/bar and	host:src/baz:

	     % openrsync -t host:src/bar :src/baz .

       To update the out-of-date local files ../dest/bar and ../dest/baz  with
       bar and baz:

	     % openrsync -t bar	baz ../dest

       To  update  the	out-of-date remote files in host:dest on a remote host
       running openrsync with the local	host running rsync(1):

	     % rsync --rsync-path openrsync -t ../dest/* host:dest

SEE ALSO
       ssh(1)

STANDARDS
       openrsync is compatible with rsync protocol version 27 as supported  by
       the samba.org implementation of rsync.

HISTORY
       The openrsync utility has been available	since OpenBSD 6.5.

AUTHORS
       The    openrsync	   utility    was   written   by   Kristaps   Dzonsons
       <kristaps@bsd.lv>.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		  $Mdocdate$			  OPENRSYNC(1)

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