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Step-by-step how to use rsync with git bash from Windows command prompt

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Note: This works all except for the shell script part. Need to figure that out. You can do it interactively just not from the command prompt.

Install Git
Install Git Bash via Git Tortoise install
Added HOME=/c/Users/$USERNAME to C:\Program Files\Git\etc\profile
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32232978/change-the-location-of-the-directory-in-a-windows-install-of-git-bash
Download rsync.exe from https://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/rsync-3.2.3-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst use 7-zip to decompress
See https://blog.tiger-workshop.com/add-rsync-to-git-bash-for-windows/
Put rsync.exe into C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
Open Git Bash and create a key file using ssh-keygen
Create a shell script that copies the files
Example test.sh

eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
rsync -avz Pictures/ root@targetmachine:/data/pictures/

Run the shell script from the command line
1. "c:\Program Files\git\bin\sh.exe" -c "sh test.sh"

naXa777 commented Jan 19, 2023

there's a newer version of rsync available. go to https://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/ and search for "rsync".
The current version is


rsync-3.2.7-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst	22-Dec-2022 09:53	365K

JulioAviles commented Feb 7, 2023

$ rsync --version
C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/rsync.exe: error while loading shared libraries: msys-crypto-3.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I can not find msys-crypto-3.dll on https://packages.msys2.org/ and all internet

any comment !!

bryangruneberg commented Mar 3, 2023

@JulioAviles - you'll find the dlls in the OpenSSL package: https://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/libopenssl-3.0.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

copying the two DLLs into the same folder as the rsync.exe got rsync working for me

JulioAviles commented Mar 4, 2023

@JulioAviles - you'll find the dlls in the OpenSSL package: https://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/libopenssl-3.0.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

copying the two DLLs into the same folder as the rsync.exe got rsync working for me

You were right @bryangruneberg, I really appreciate your help, just hoping to be claner (I hope so) I put both file insize C:\ProgramFile\Git\bin folder and the magic happened, rsync working fine!! Thank's again.

HAPPY FIXING !