diff --git a/fsspec/generic.py b/fsspec/generic.py
index bee559ec4..15151f330 100644
--- a/fsspec/generic.py
+++ b/fsspec/generic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import inspect
 import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+import uuid
+from typing import Optional
 
-from .asyn import AsyncFileSystem
+from .asyn import AsyncFileSystem, _run_coros_in_chunks, sync_wrapper
 from .callbacks import _DEFAULT_CALLBACK
 from .core import filesystem, get_filesystem_class, split_protocol, url_to_fs
 
@@ -52,19 +58,23 @@ def rsync(
     Parameters
     ----------
     source: str
-        Root of the directory tree to take files from.
+        Root of the directory tree to take files from. This must be a directory, but
+        do not include any terminating "/" character
     destination: str
         Root path to copy into. The contents of this location should be
-        identical to the contents of ``source`` when done.
+        identical to the contents of ``source`` when done. This will be made a
+        directory, and the terminal "/" should not be included.
     delete_missing: bool
         If there are paths in the destination that don't exist in the
         source and this is True, delete them. Otherwise, leave them alone.
-    source_field: str
+    source_field: str | callable
         If ``update_field`` is "different", this is the key in the info
-        of source files to consider for difference.
-    dest_field: str
+        of source files to consider for difference. Maybe a function of the
+        info dict.
+    dest_field: str | callable
         If ``update_field`` is "different", this is the key in the info
-        of destination files to consider for difference.
+        of destination files to consider for difference. May be a function of
+        the info dict.
     update_cond: "different"|"always"|"never"
         If "always", every file is copied, regardless of whether it exists in
         the destination. If "never", files that exist in the destination are
@@ -91,9 +101,10 @@ def rsync(
         if v["type"] == "directory" and a.replace(source, destination) not in otherfiles
     ]
     logger.debug(f"{len(dirs)} directories to create")
-    for dirn in dirs:
-        # no async
-        fs.mkdirs(dirn.replace(source, destination), exist_ok=True)
+    if dirs:
+        fs.make_many_dirs(
+            [dirn.replace(source, destination) for dirn in dirs], exist_ok=True
+        )
     allfiles = {a: v for a, v in allfiles.items() if v["type"] == "file"}
     logger.debug(f"{len(allfiles)} files to consider for copy")
     to_delete = [
@@ -107,7 +118,10 @@ def rsync(
             if update_cond == "always":
                 allfiles[k] = otherfile
             elif update_cond == "different":
-                if v[source_field] != otherfiles[otherfile][dest_field]:
+                inf1 = source_field(v) if callable(source_field) else v[source_field]
+                v2 = otherfiles[otherfile]
+                inf2 = dest_field(v2) if callable(dest_field) else v2[dest_field]
+                if inf1 != inf2:
                     # details mismatch, make copy
                     allfiles[k] = otherfile
                 else:
@@ -116,12 +130,12 @@ def rsync(
         else:
             # file not in target yet
             allfiles[k] = otherfile
+    logger.debug(f"{len(allfiles)} files to copy")
     if allfiles:
         source_files, target_files = zip(*allfiles.items())
-        logger.debug(f"{len(source_files)} files to copy")
         fs.cp(source_files, target_files, **kwargs)
+    logger.debug(f"{len(to_delete)} files to delete")
     if delete_missing:
-        logger.debug(f"{len(to_delete)} files to delete")
         fs.rm(to_delete)
 
 
@@ -166,11 +180,11 @@ async def _find(self, path, maxdepth=None, withdirs=False, detail=False, **kwarg
         fs = _resolve_fs(path, self.method)
         if fs.async_impl:
             out = await fs._find(
-                path, maxdepth=maxdepth, withdirs=withdirs, detail=detail, **kwargs
+                path, maxdepth=maxdepth, withdirs=withdirs, detail=True, **kwargs
             )
         else:
             out = fs.find(
-                path, maxdepth=maxdepth, withdirs=withdirs, detail=detail, **kwargs
+                path, maxdepth=maxdepth, withdirs=withdirs, detail=True, **kwargs
             )
         result = {}
         for k, v in out.items():
@@ -239,6 +253,7 @@ async def _rm(self, url, **kwargs):
             fs.rm(url, **kwargs)
 
     async def _makedirs(self, path, exist_ok=False):
+        logger.debug("Make dir %s", path)
         fs = _resolve_fs(path, self.method)
         if fs.async_impl:
             await fs._makedirs(path, exist_ok=exist_ok)
@@ -295,6 +310,84 @@ async def _cp_file(
                 # fail while opening f1 or f2
                 pass
 
+    async def _make_many_dirs(self, urls, exist_ok=True):
+        fs = _resolve_fs(urls[0], self.method)
+        if fs.async_impl:
+            coros = [fs._makedirs(u, exist_ok=exist_ok) for u in urls]
+            await _run_coros_in_chunks(coros)
+        else:
+            for u in urls:
+                fs.makedirs(u, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+
+    make_many_dirs = sync_wrapper(_make_many_dirs)
+
+    async def _copy(
+        self,
+        path1: list[str],
+        path2: list[str],
+        recursive: bool = False,
+        on_error: str = "ignore",
+        maxdepth: Optional[int] = None,
+        batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        tempdir: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        if recursive:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        fs = _resolve_fs(path1[0], self.method)
+        fs2 = _resolve_fs(path2[0], self.method)
+        # not expanding paths atm., assume call is from rsync()
+        if fs is fs2:
+            # pure remote
+            if fs.async_impl:
+                return await fs._copy(path1, path2, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                return fs.copy(path1, path2, **kwargs)
+        await copy_file_op(
+            fs, path1, fs2, path2, tempdir, batch_size, on_error=on_error
+        )
+
+
+async def copy_file_op(
+    fs1, url1, fs2, url2, tempdir=None, batch_size=20, on_error="ignore"
+):
+    import tempfile
+
+    tempdir = tempdir or tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    try:
+        coros = [
+            _copy_file_op(
+                fs1,
+                u1,
+                fs2,
+                u2,
+                os.path.join(tempdir, uuid.uuid4().hex),
+                on_error=on_error,
+            )
+            for u1, u2 in zip(url1, url2)
+        ]
+        await _run_coros_in_chunks(coros, batch_size=batch_size)
+    finally:
+        shutil.rmtree(tempdir)
+
+
+async def _copy_file_op(fs1, url1, fs2, url2, local, on_error="ignore"):
+    ex = () if on_error == "raise" else Exception
+    logger.debug("Copy %s -> %s", url1, url2)
+    try:
+        if fs1.async_impl:
+            await fs1._get_file(url1, local)
+        else:
+            fs1.get_file(url1, local)
+        if fs2.async_impl:
+            await fs2._put_file(local, url2)
+        else:
+            fs2.put_file(local, url2)
+        os.unlink(local)
+        logger.debug("Copy %s -> %s; done", url1, url2)
+    except ex as e:
+        logger.debug("ignoring cp exception for %s: %s", url1, e)
+
 
 async def maybe_await(cor):
     if inspect.iscoroutine(cor):
diff --git a/fsspec/tests/test_generic.py b/fsspec/tests/test_generic.py
index aa8d9bfc3..fc4c8bf01 100644
--- a/fsspec/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/fsspec/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_touch_rm(m):
 def test_cp_async_to_sync(server, m):
     fsspec.filesystem("http", headers={"give_length": "true", "head_ok": "true"})
     fs = fsspec.filesystem("generic", default_method="current")
-    fs.cp(server + "/index/realfile", "memory://realfile")
+    fs.cp([server + "/index/realfile"], ["memory://realfile"])
     assert m.cat("realfile") == data
 
     fs.rm("memory://realfile")