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+// Type definitions for node-rsync v0.4.0
+// Project: https://github.com/mattijs/node-rsync
+// Definitions by: Philipp Stucki <https://github.com/philippstucki>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+interface StreamDataHandler {
+    (data: any): void;
+}
+
+interface Pattern {
+    action: string;
+    pattern: string;
+}
+
+interface Flag {
+    [name: string]: boolean;
+}
+
+interface Rsync {
+    // instance methods
+    set(option: string, value: string): Rsync;
+    set(option: string): Rsync;
+
+    unset(option: string): Rsync;
+
+    flags(flags: string, set?: boolean): Rsync;
+    flags(flags: Flag): Rsync;
+    flags(flags: string[], set?: boolean): Rsync;
+    flags(...flags: any[]): Rsync;
+
+    isSet(option: string): boolean;
+
+    option(option: string): any;
+
+    args(): string[];
+
+    command(): string;
+
+    output(stdout: StreamDataHandler, stderr: StreamDataHandler): Rsync;
+
+    execute(callback: (err: Error, code: number, cmd: string) => void): child_process.ChildProcess;
+    execute(
+        callback: (err: Error, code: number, cmd: string) => void,
+        stdout: StreamDataHandler,
+        stderr: StreamDataHandler
+    ): child_process.ChildProcess;
+
+    // cwd
+    cwd(string): string;
+
+    // option shorthands
+    shell(shell: string): Rsync;
+    delete(): Rsync;
+    progress(): Rsync;
+    archive(): Rsync;
+    compress(): Rsync;
+    recursive(): Rsync;
+    update(): Rsync;
+    quiet(): Rsync;
+    dirs(): Rsync;
+    links(): Rsync;
+    dry(): Rsync;
+
+    // accessor methods
+    executable(): string;
+    executable(e: string): Rsync;
+
+    executableShell(): string;
+    executableShell(e: string): Rsync;
+
+    destination(): string;
+    destination(d: string): Rsync;
+
+    source(): string[];
+    source(s: string): Rsync;
+    source(s: string[]): Rsync;
+
+    // pattern accessors
+    patterns(patterns: (string | Pattern)[]): Rsync;
+
+    exclude(p: string): Rsync;
+    exclude(p: string[]): Rsync;
+
+    include(p: string): Rsync;
+    include(p: string[]): Rsync;
+}
+
+interface RsyncStatic {
+    new (): Rsync;
+}
+
+declare const e: RsyncStatic;
+export = e;