A.5. Using rsync

The following sites make FreeBSD available through the rsync protocol. The rsync utility works in much the same way as the rcp(1) command, but has more options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol which transfers only the differences between two sets of files, thus greatly speeding up the synchronization over the network. This is most useful if you are a mirror site for the FreeBSD FTP server, or the CVS repository. The rsync suite is available for many operating systems, on FreeBSD, see the net/rsync port or use the package.

Czech Republic

rsync://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/

Available collections:

  • ftp: A partial mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

Netherlands

rsync://ftp.nl.FreeBSD.org/

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

Russia

rsync://ftp.mtu.ru/

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

  • FreeBSD-Archive: The mirror of FreeBSD Archive FTP server.

Sweden

rsync://ftp4.se.freebsd.org/

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

Taiwan

rsync://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/

rsync://ftp2.tw.FreeBSD.org/

rsync://ftp6.tw.FreeBSD.org/

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

United Kingdom

rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/

Available collections:

  • ftp.freebsd.org: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

United States of America

rsync://ftp-master.FreeBSD.org/

This server may only be used by FreeBSD primary mirror sites.

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: The master archive of the FreeBSD FTP server.

  • acl: The FreeBSD master ACL list.

rsync://ftp13.FreeBSD.org/

Available collections:

  • FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP server.

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