[TriLUG] WSL vs CYGWIN (again)

[Bill Weinel via TriLUG]

You don't need either Cygwin or WSL to run rsync on Windows. You can run 
the native Windows rsync application.
Details below on how to install it below:

https://blog.holey.cc/2025/04/30/using-rsync-on-windows/

Take care,
Bill


On 1/4/26 14:09, Ron Belcher via TriLUG wrote:
> I have just become aware of WSL as I was fixing to install CYGWIN on 
> my wife's W11 machine.
> As a newbie, I would appreciate your opinion on which is more suitable 
> for me.
> The only thing I want to run on her machine is an /rsync/ shell script.