Any program flow or software spec for Rsync

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Fri Apr 24 14:36:52 GMT 2009


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:47:41PM +0800, Daniel.Li wrote:
> 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?

The only thing I can think of is an old how-rsync-works page:

    http://rsync.samba.org/how-rsync-works.html

Beyond that, rsync's protocol and/or program flow is not documented
anywhere.

..wayne..


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