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Add a progress bar for rsync

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On a terminal, run rsync with --info=progress2 and draw its updates as a
progress bar on stderr. The ETA is estimated locally, since rsync reports
the elapsed time when a file finishes. Disable it with --no-progress.
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.B \-\-no\-syslog
Don't use systemd journal for logging.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-progress
Don't show a progress bar while rsync copies the files. The progress bar is only shown when
the output is a terminal, so it never appears in the systemd journal or in redirected output.
While rsync is still looking for files, the bar shows \(aq(scanning)\(aq, and the percentage
and estimated time are only approximate.
.TP
.B \-\-rsync\-options OPTIONS [OPTION...]
By default, the following rsync options are used:
.RS