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 	The most commonly used arguments for rsync are
       </para>
 
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-@item -a 
-Reproduce the structure and attributes of the origin files as exactly
-as possible: this includes copying subdirectories, symlinks, special
-files, ownership and permissions.  (@xref{Attributes to copy}.)
-
-@item -v 
-Be verbose.  Primarily, display the name of each file as it is copied.
-
-@item -z 
-Compress network traffic, using a modified version of the
-@command{zlib} library.
-
-@item -P
-Display a progress indicator while files are transferred.  This should
-normally be ommitted if rsync is not run on a terminal.
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+      <variablelist>
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-v</term>
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>Be verbose.  Primarily, display the name of each file as it is copied.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-a
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>
+	      Reproduce the structure and attributes of the origin files as exactly
+	      as possible: this includes copying subdirectories, symlinks, special
+	      files, ownership and permissions.  (@xref{Attributes to
+	      copy}.)
+	    </para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+
+
+	
+      <para><option>-v </option>
+      
+      <para><option>-z</option>
+	Compress network traffic, using a modified version of the
+	@command{zlib} library.</para>
+      
+      <para><option>-P</option>
+	Display a progress indicator while files are transferred.  This should
+	normally be ommitted if rsync is not run on a terminal.
+      </para>
+    </section>
+
+
+
+
+    <section>
+      <title>Local and remote</title>
+      
+      <para>There are six different ways of using rsync. They
+      are:</para>
+
+      
+
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+      <orderedlist>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for copying local files. This is invoked when neither
+	    source nor destination path contains a @code{:} separator
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for copying from the local machine to a remote machine using
+	    a remote shell program as the transport (such as rsh or
+	    ssh). This is invoked when the destination path contains a
+	    single @code{:} separator.
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for copying from a remote machine to the local machine
+	    using a remote shell program. This is invoked when the source
+	    contains a @code{:} separator.
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for copying from a remote rsync server to the local
+	    machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a @code{::}
+	    separator or a @code{rsync://} URL.
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync
+	    server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a @code{::}
+	    separator.
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    for listing files on a remote machine. This is done the
+	    same way as rsync transfers except that you leave off the
+	    local destination.  
+
+	</listitem>
+      </orderedlist>
+	  <para>
+Note that in all cases (other than listing) at least one of the source
+and destination paths must be local.
+
+	  <para>
+Any one invocation of rsync makes a copy in a single direction.  rsync
+currently has no equivalent of @command{ftp}'s interactive mode.
+
+@cindex @sc{nfs}
+@cindex network filesystems
+@cindex remote filesystems
+
+	  <para>
+rsync's network protocol is generally faster at copying files than
+network filesystems such as @sc{nfs} or @sc{cifs}.  It is better to
+run rsync on the file server either as a daemon or over ssh than
+running rsync giving the network directory.
+      </para>
     </section>
   </chapter>
 </book>
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