rsync --help
-See the manpage for more detailed information.
+See the [manpage][0] for more detailed information.
+[0]: https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1
+
+BUILDING AND INSTALLING
+-----------------------
+
+If you need to build rsync yourself, check out the [INSTALL][1] page for
+information on what libraries and packages you can use to get the maximum
+features in your build.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/blob/master/INSTALL.md
SETUP
-----
-------------
Rsync can also talk to "rsync daemons" which can provide anonymous or
-authenticated rsync. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for details on how
-to setup an rsync daemon. See the rsync(1) man page for info on how to
+authenticated rsync. See the rsyncd.conf(5) manpage for details on how
+to setup an rsync daemon. See the rsync(1) manpage for info on how to
connect to an rsync daemon.
WEB SITE
--------
-The main rsync web site is here:
+For more information, visit the [main rsync web site][2].
-> http://rsync.samba.org/
+[2]: https://rsync.samba.org/
You'll find a FAQ list, downloads, resources, HTML versions of the
manpages, etc.
There is a mailing list for the discussion of rsync and its applications
that is open to anyone to join. New releases are announced on this
list, and there is also an announcement-only mailing list for those that
-want official announcements. See the mailing-list page for full
-details:
+want official announcements. See the [mailing-list page][3] for full
+details.
-> http://rsync.samba.org/lists.html
+[3]: https://rsync.samba.org/lists.html
BUG REPORTS
-----------
-To visit this web page for full the details on bug reporting:
+The [bug-tracking web page][4] has full details on bug reporting.
-> http://rsync.samba.org/bugzilla.html
+[4]: https://rsync.samba.org/bug-tracking.html
-That page contains links to the current bug list, and information on how
-to report a bug well. You might also like to try searching the Internet
-for the error message you've received, or looking in the mailing list
-archives at:
+That page contains links to the current bug list, and information on how to
+do a good job when reporting a bug. You might also like to try searching
+the Internet for the error message you've received, or looking in the
+[mailing list archives][5].
-> http://mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/
+[5]: https://mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/
To send a bug report, follow the instructions on the bug-tracking
page of the web site.
If you want to get the very latest version of rsync direct from the
source code repository, then you will need to use git. The git repo
-is hosted on github and on samba's site. Feel free to access it here:
-
-> https://github.com/WayneD/rsync
-
-or clone it from its samba repo:
+is hosted [on GitHub][6] and [on Samba's site][7].
-> git clone git://git.samba.org/rsync.git
+[6]: https://github.com/WayneD/rsync
+[7]: https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=summary
-See the download page for full details on all the ways to grab the
-source:
+See [the download page][8] for full details on all the ways to grab the
+source.
-> http://rsync.samba.org/download.html
+[8]: https://rsync.samba.org/download.html
COPYRIGHT
---------
Rsync was originally written by Andrew Tridgell and is currently
-maintained by Wayne Davison. It has been improved by many developers
+maintained by Wayne Davison. It has been improved by many developers
from around the world.
Rsync may be used, modified and redistributed only under the terms of
-the GNU General Public License, found in the file COPYING in this
-distribution, or at:
-
-> http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html
-
-
-AVAILABILITY
-------------
-
-The main web site for rsync is http://rsync.samba.org/
-
-The main ftp site is ftp://rsync.samba.org/pub/rsync/
+the GNU General Public License, found in the file [COPYING][9] in this
+distribution, or at [the Free Software Foundation][10].
-This is also available as rsync://download.samba.org/rsyncftp/ if you
-connect via ssl. Use the `rsync-ssl` script if you have it, otherwise
-connect to the rsync server via a normal rsync command and it will
-output some instructions for how to connect.
+[9]: https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/blob/master/COPYING
+[10]: https://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html
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