cwRsync Notes
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updated: 2026-0904

Download cwRsync Windows rsync client here:
https://itefix.net/cwrsync

cwRsync directory contents go here:
C:\Program Files\cwRsync

Install Tasks:
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Notes:
Windows 11 won't let you copy from a zip file to C:\Program Files\cwRsync directly, due to permissions issues.
You must copy to temp directory first, then copy to C:\Program Files\cwRsync from the temp directory.
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Step 1:
Create directory: Downloads\cwRsync
Copy contents of cwrsync_6.4.8_x64_free.zip to Downloads\cwRsync
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Step 2:
Create directory: C:\Program Files\cwRsync
Copy contents Downloads\cwRsync to C:\Program Files\cwRsync
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Step 3:
Create fstab file to avoid permission issue when rsync from read-only NAS:
C:\Program Files\cwRsync\etc\fstab
With these contents:
none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user,noacl 0 0



Not sure if needed, but here are 2 other etc files and example contents:
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C:\Program Files\cwRsync\etc\nsswitch.conf
db_home:  windows

C:\Program Files\cwRsync\etc\ssh_config
UserKnownHostsFile /known_hosts



Example Local Drive Command Lines:
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Make a copy of this file and use that copy to create scripts to backup your files:
C:\Program Files\cwRsync\cwrsync.cmd

Example:
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copy cwrsync.cmd to backup.cmd then adjust as below:

C:\Program Files\cwRsync\backup.cmd

SET CWRSYNCHOME=%PROGRAMFILES%\CWRSYNC

rsync -lrtvO --no-p --no-g --chmod=ugo=rwX --progress --modify-window=2 --delete --exclude="$RECYCLE.BIN" --exclude="System Volume Information" --exclude="msdownld.tmp"  /cygdrive/c/Users/(local_userID)/Documents /cygdrive/i/
rsync -lrtvO --no-p --no-g --chmod=ugo=rwX --progress --modify-window=2 --delete --exclude="$RECYCLE.BIN" --exclude="System Volume Information" --exclude="msdownld.tmp"  /cygdrive/c/Users/(local_userID)/Downloads /cygdrive/i/




For advanced configuration, ssh config and known_hosts files go here:
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C:\Users\(local_userID)\.ssh\config
UserKnownHostsFile C:\Users\(local_userID)\.ssh\known_hosts

C:\Users\(local_userID)\.ssh\known_hosts
(public keys for remote servers)