diff -r d7ef04254e9c -r 824ae4324f57 OpenSecurity/bin/cygwin.py
--- a/OpenSecurity/bin/cygwin.py	Wed Oct 29 15:18:22 2014 +0100
+++ b/OpenSecurity/bin/cygwin.py	Tue Jan 13 18:26:41 2015 +0100
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     theClass.cygwin_bash = os.path.join(theClass.cygwin_bin, 'bash.exe')
     theClass.cygwin_ssh = os.path.join(theClass.cygwin_bin, 'ssh.exe')
     theClass.cygwin_scp = os.path.join(theClass.cygwin_bin, 'scp.exe')
+    theClass.cygwin_rsync = os.path.join(theClass.cygwin_bin, 'rsync.exe')
     theClass.cygwin_x11 = os.path.join(theClass.cygwin_bin, 'XWin.exe')
     theClass.win_cmd = os.environ.get("COMSPEC", "cmd.exe") 
     """get the path to the VirtualBox installation on this system"""
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
     cygwin_ssh = ''
     cygwin_x11 = ''
     cygwin_scp = ''
+    cygwin_rsync = ''
     vbox_root = ''
     vbox_man = ''
     win_cmd = ''
@@ -134,6 +136,10 @@
     @staticmethod    
     def scp():
         return Cygwin.cygwin_scp
+    
+    @staticmethod    
+    def rsync():
+        return Cygwin.cygwin_rsync
 
     @staticmethod    
     def x11():