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-====== Rsync ======
-Each bit position and value in rsync's output:
-<code>
-  YXcstpoguax  path/to/file
-  |||||||||||
-  ||||||||||╰- x: The extended attribute information changed
-  |||||||||╰-- a: The ACL information changed
-  ||||||||╰--- u: The u slot is reserved for future use
-  |||||||╰---- g: Group is different
-  ||||||╰----- o: Owner is different
-  |||||╰------ p: Permission are different
-  ||||╰------- t: Modification time is different
-  |||╰-------- s: Size is different
-  ||╰--------- c: Different checksum (for regular files), or
-  ||              changed value (for symlinks, devices, and special files)
-  ||
-  |╰---------- the file type:
-  |            f: for a file,
-  |            d: for a directory,
-  |            L: for a symlink,
-  |            D: for a device,
-  |            S: for a special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos)
-  |
-  ╰----------- the type of update being done::
-               <: file is being transferred to the remote host (sent)
-               >: file is being transferred to the local host (received)
-               c: local change/creation for the item, such as:
-                  - the creation of a directory
-                  - the changing of a symlink,
-                  - etc.
-               h: the item is a hard link to another item (requires
-                  --hard-links).
-               .: the item is not being updated (though it might have
-                  attributes that are being modified)
-               *: means that the rest of the itemized-output area contains
-                  a message (e.g. "deleting")
-</code>
-**Some example output from rsync for various scenarios:**
-<code>
-  >f+++++++++ some/dir/new-file.txt
-  .f....og..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-owner-and-group.txt
-  .f........x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-unnamed-attribute.txt
-  >f...p....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-permissions.txt
-  >f..t..g..x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-time-and-group.txt
-  >f.s......x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size.txt
-  >f.st.....x some/dir/existing-file-with-changed-size-and-time-stamp.txt
-  cd+++++++++ some/dir/new-directory/
-  .d....og... some/dir/existing-directory-with-changed-owner-and-group/
-  .d..t...... some/dir/existing-directory-with-different-time-stamp/
-</code>