rsync-win

rsync for Windows.

See releases page for binaries.

I had a bad time trying to find a working rsync for Windows. I read some blogs about cwRsync, but I just couldn't get it to work.

Finally, I repacked the rsync.exe, ssh.exe and cygpath.exe from Cygwin, and wrote a Rust wrapper around it.

It works for me, and I hope it works for you too.

Installation

1. Goto releases page & download rsync-win.zip.
2. Extract. Keep cygwin64 folder along side with rsync-win.exe.
3. Add the directory of rsync-win.exe to PATH.
4. Restart your terminal and try executing rsync-win -h.

Usage

• bandwidth limit 2048 KBytes/s, -a, -v, show progress, copy from remote machine to local, exclude *.log files, and save to ./target/ directory.

  rsync-win --bwlimit=2048 -av --exclude='*.log' --progress -s <REMOTE USER>@<REMOTE_MACHINE>:<REMOTE_PATH> -d ./target/
  

• Help

  Rsync for Windows
  
  Allowed formats for <SRC>/<DEST>:
    local: C:/path/to/file
      ssh: [USER@]HOST:/path/to/file (use --ssh-port to specify the port)
    rsync: rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/path/to/file
  
  
  Usage: rsync-win.exe [OPTIONS] --src <SRC> --dest <DEST>
  
  Options:
    -i, --identity <IDENTITY>  SSH identity file [default: "C:/Users/<YOUR USER NAME>/.ssh/id_rsa"]
    -v, --verbose
    -q, --quiet
    -c, --checksum
    -a, --archive
    -r, --recursive
        --delete
        --exclude <EXCLUDE>
        --partial
        --progress
        --bwlimit <BWLIMIT>
    -4, --ipv4
    -6, --ipv6
        --ssh-port <SSH_PORT>
    -s, --src <SRC>
    -d, --dest <DEST>
    -h, --help                 Print help
    -V, --version              Print version
  

Some blogs:

• 如何讓 OpenSSH for Windows 也能支援 Rsync 遠端加密連線傳輸

• 如何在 Windows 安裝 Cygwin 的 SSHD 服務並正確使用 Rsync 同步檔案