<sect1 id="mirrors-rsync">

    <title>rsync sites</title>

    <para>The following sites make FreeBSD available through the rsync

      protocol.  The <application>rsync</application> utility works in

      much the same way as the <application>rcp</application> 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

      <application>rsync</application> suite is available for many

      operating systems, on FreeBSD, see the

      <filename>net/rsync</filename>

      port or use the package.</para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>

	<term>Czech Republic</term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>rsync://ftp.cz.freebsd.org/</para>

	  <para>Available collections:</para>

	  <itemizedlist>

	    <listitem><para>ftp: A partial mirror of the FreeBSD FTP

	      server.</para></listitem>

	    <listitem><para>FreeBSD: A full mirror of the FreeBSD FTP

	      server.</para></listitem>

	  </itemizedlist>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term>Germany</term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>rsync://grappa.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/</para>

	  <para>Available collections:</para>

	  <itemizedlist>

	    <listitem><para>freebsd-cvs: The full FreeBSD CVS

	      repository.</para></listitem>

	  </itemizedlist>

	  <para>This machine also mirrors the CVS repositories of the

	    NetBSD and the OpenBSD projects, among others.</para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term>United States of America</term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>rsync://ftp-master.freebsd.org/<para>

	  <para>This server may only be used by FreeBSD primary mirror

	    sites.</para>

	  <para>Available collections:</para>

	  <itemizedlist>

	    <listitem><para>FreeBSD: The master archive of the FreeBSD

	      FTP server.</para></listitem>

	    <listitem><para>acl: The FreeBSD master ACL

	      list.</para></listitem>  

	  </itemizedlist>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect1>