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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The first version of cwRsync was developed to address requirements of an internal project at <a href="/facts/Color_Line_(ferry_operator)/mCFCMV5E">Color Line</a>, and was published as a free solution on the mailing list for rsync users. cwRsync quickly became very popular<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> and is kept updated with newer versions of underlying solutions. The initial release was on March 11, 2003. </p><p>As of August 2018, the free version of cwRsync server is discontinued and the last free version 5.7.2 is no longer directly available from Itefix.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> At this point only the commercial binary installers of version 5.7.2 can be obtained as paid downloads. cwRsync Client remains freely available under a BSD-style licence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>cwRsync comes in two versions: cwRsync client and cwRsync server. You can use the cwRsync client to initiate rsync transfers from your host, while the cwRsync server makes your files/directories available for upload/download for rsync transfers. cwRsync client contains a Secure channel wrapper to set up external secure ssh channels. </p><p>Rsync client GUI has following features: </p> <ul><li>Specify sources and destination (local, remote ssh and daemon modes)</li> <li>Specify filters and a subset of options</li> <li>Create rsync command according to your specification</li> <li>Run rsync on the fly both in production and test mode</li> <li>Create batch files for task scheduling</li> <li>Save and load your favorite rsync settings as profiles</li> <li>Language localization</li></ul> <h2 id="usage-note">Usage note</h2> <p>cwRsync uses <a href="/facts/Cygwin/0ANCmAgH">Cygwin</a> conventions, which means: </p> <ul><li>The path separator is forward slash (/), not backslash (\)</li> <li>Instead of drive letters C:/, D:/, etc, it uses /cygdrive/c/, /cygdrive/d/, etc</li> <li>Like the original rsync, text followed a colon (":") in a path name is interpreted as a computer name. This means if you use a path name like "C:/Users/Pat/My Documents", cwRsync will look for "Users/Pat/My Documents" on a computer with the network name "C" and probably fail. The correct way is to use the Cygwin path as shown above: /cygdrive/c/Users/Pat/My Documents.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li>GS RichCopy 360</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rsync/H4UlsQ3U">rsync</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/File_Transfer_Protocol/THuWgzfw">File Transfer Protocol</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.itefix.net/cwrsync">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Childers, Gary (2005-04-28). "AppNote: Using RSYNC with Windows". Novell. Retrieved 2019-12-06. <a href="https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/appnote/14729.html" target="_blank">https://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/appnote/14729.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Pierre, Preston St. (2004-11-04). "Making Secure Remote Backups With Rsync". Linux.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06. <a href="https://www.linux.com/news/making-secure-remote-backups-rsync/" target="_blank">https://www.linux.com/news/making-secure-remote-backups-rsync/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"cwRsync - Rsync for Windows". itefix.net. Retrieved 2019-12-06. cwRsync client free edition contains a barebone distribution of Rsync for Windows <a href="https://www.itefix.net/cwrsync?qt-cwrsync=7" target="_blank">https://www.itefix.net/cwrsync?qt-cwrsync=7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"cwRsync - Rsync for Windows - Rsync Client". itefix.net. Retrieved 2020-12-14. <a href="https://itefix.net/cwrsync?qt-cwrsync_client=3#qt-cwrsync_client" target="_blank">https://itefix.net/cwrsync?qt-cwrsync_client=3#qt-cwrsync_client</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>