int nArtifactRcvd = 0;  /* Total artifacts received */
  const char *zOpType = 0;/* Push, Pull, Sync, Clone */

  if( db_get_boolean("dont-push", 0) ) syncFlags &= ~SYNC_PUSH;
  if( (syncFlags & (SYNC_PUSH|SYNC_PULL|SYNC_CLONE))==0 
     && configRcvMask==0 && configSendMask==0 ) return 0;


  transport_stats(0, 0, 1);
  socket_global_init();
  memset(&xfer, 0, sizeof(xfer));
  xfer.pIn = &recv;
  xfer.pOut = &send;
  xfer.mxSend = db_get_int("max-upload", 250000);
  xfer.maxTime = -1;

  }
  if( syncFlags & SYNC_PUSH ){
    blob_appendf(&send, "push %s %s\n", zSCode, zPCode);
    nCardSent++;
    if( (syncFlags & SYNC_PULL)==0 ) zOpType = "Push";
  }
  manifest_crosslink_begin();
  transport_global_startup();
  if( syncFlags & SYNC_VERBOSE ){
    fossil_print(zLabelFormat, "", "Bytes", "Cards", "Artifacts", "Deltas");
  }

  while( go ){
    int newPhantom = 0;
    char *zRandomness;

    nCardSent = 0;
    nCardRcvd = 0;
    xfer.nFileSent = 0;
    xfer.nDeltaSent = 0;
    xfer.nGimmeSent = 0;
    xfer.nIGotSent = 0;
    if( syncFlags & SYNC_VERBOSE ){
      fossil_print("waiting for server...");
    }
    fflush(stdout);
    if( http_exchange(&send, &recv, (syncFlags & SYNC_CLONE)==0 || nCycle>0,
        MAX_REDIRECTS) ){
      nErr++;
      break;
    }