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== History == [[Andrew Tridgell]] and [[Paul Mackerras]] wrote the original rsync, which was first announced on 19 June 1996.<ref name="rsyncrel" /> It is similar in function and invocation to '''rdist''' (<code>rdist -c</code>), created by [[Ralph Campbell (computing)|Ralph Campbell]] in 1983 and released as part of [[4.3BSD]].<ref name="rdistrel">{{Cite web |title=rdist(1) |url=https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rdist&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+1.0-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html}}</ref> Tridgell discusses the design, implementation, and performance of rsync in chapters 3 through 5 of his 1999 [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] thesis.<ref>Tridgell, Andrew; [//rsync.samba.org/~tridge/phd_thesis.pdf ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization''], February 1999, retrieved 29 September 2009</ref> {{As of|2023||url=https://rsync.samba.org/}}, it is maintained by [[Wayne Davison]].<ref name="rsync-website">{{Cite web |title=rsync |url=http://rsync.samba.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127111140/http://rsync.samba.org/ |archive-date=27 November 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> Because of its flexibility, speed, and scriptability, <code>rsync</code> has become a standard Linux utility, included in all popular Linux distributions.{{cn|date=February 2022}} It has been ported to Windows (via [[Cygwin]], [[Grsync]], or [[Windows Services for UNIX|SFU]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tool Warehouse |url=http://www.suacommunity.com/tool_warehouse.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406032657/http://www.suacommunity.com/tool_warehouse.aspx |archive-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=usurped |website=SUA Community}}</ref>), [[FreeBSD]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=FreeBSD Ports |url=https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/rsync/pkg-descr?view=markup |access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> [[NetBSD]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=NetBSD Ports |url=http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/rsync/README.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025110838/http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/rsync/README.html |archive-date=25 October 2016 |access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> [[OpenBSD]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenBSD Ports |url=http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/net/rsync/ |access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> and [[macOS]].
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