From 009f3d0da515df2600ba020571c6bec9bb110d4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:10:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some rsync information to the handbook PR: 33354 Submitted by: Szilveszter Adam --- .../books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml | 69 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml index 8d6827086f..cedbc452f5 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml @@ -4040,6 +4040,75 @@ doc/zh_TW.Big5 + + + rsync sites + + The following sites make FreeBSD available through the rsync + protocol. The rsync utility works in + much the same way as the rcp command, + but has more options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol + which transfers only the differences between two sets of files, + thus greatly speeding up the synchronization over the network. + This is most useful if you are a mirror site for the + FreeBSD FTP server, or the CVS repository. The + rsync suite is available for many + operating systems, on FreeBSD, see the + net/rsync + port or use the package. + + + + Czech Republic + + + rsync://ftp.cz.freebsd.org/ + + Available collections: + + ftp: A partial mirror of the FreeBSD FTP + server. + FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP + server. + + + + + + Germany + + + rsync://grappa.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/ + + Available collections: + + freebsd-cvs: The full FreeBSD CVS + repository. + + This machine also mirrors the CVS repositories of the + NetBSD and the OpenBSD projects, among others. + + + + + United States of America + + + rsync://ftp-master.freebsd.org/ + + This server may only be used by FreeBSD primary mirror + sites. + Available collections: + + FreeBSD: The master archive of the FreeBSD + FTP server. + acl: The FreeBSD master ACL + list. + + + + +