Rsync FAQ

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What is transfer mode and what are the transfer modes available in rsync?
Could anyone please tell me how to get the meaning of rsync error codes. In "rsync return code: 12" error, what 12 indicates?
Could anyone please tell me what "module" option do in below rsync call and which case it is mandatory? rsync -av host::module /dest
Does rsync V3 has the feature for logging the files which have not been transferred? Its already logs the file which have been transfered.
I'm trying to take a look at rsync from code-level. Is there any software spec or program flow that I can get, which might give me a basic understanding about the code?
Rsync seems to work to a destination on an FTP-mounted filesystem but very slowly. I guess it's because rsync has to read the complete file content on the remote host, so does it make any sense at all to do it over FTP?
how i can use rsync whith mkdir -p for nackup dirs ? when i use rsync / /backup/month/day i need automatic creation month and day dirs. mkdir -p can do that, but rsync can't
We are using rsync version 2.6.3 protocol version 28. Is there a way we could transfer files and force rsync not to look for the same user:group as host on the destination?
is there a way to save special flags in freebsd when using rsync? -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel schg 711744 Mar 12 18:51 init dd# file has flag schg when i just use rsync it copy that file and loses that flag
Has rsync integrated windows acls into it yet? I keep getting error after the first sync: receiving incremental file list recv_acl_access: value out of range: ff rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at acls.c(670) [receiver=3.0.5]

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