> I am now downloading r-devel to compile it on windows XP. The CRAN > source code page says "you will prefere to use rsync". I am googling > around, and cannot find anything about rsync on windows. You can use rsync on Windows via the Cygwin toolset (see www.cygwin.com). I've also seen an rsync for windows written in Python, but haven't tried it. + seth