[Rsync-patches] [PATCH] The protect filter automatically added with --backup is not perishable
Matt McCutchen <matt at mattmccutchen.net>
Sun Nov 2 17:51:35 PST 2008
(see f41152d39396f0672a97268739c333537579404a), so remove the inaccurate
"p" from the man page. Noticed by Jacob Balazer:
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2008-November/022022.html
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rsync.yo | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 1daff0c..bcf082f 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Note that if you don't specify bf(--backup-dir), (1) the
bf(--omit-dir-times) option will be implied, and (2) if bf(--delete) is
also in effect (without bf(--delete-excluded)), rsync will add a "protect"
filter-rule for the backup suffix to the end of all your existing excludes
-(e.g. bf(-f "Pp *~")). This will prevent previously backed-up files from being
+(e.g. bf(-f "P *~")). This will prevent previously backed-up files from being
deleted. Note that if you are supplying your own filter rules, you may
need to manually insert your own exclude/protect rule somewhere higher up
in the list so that it has a high enough priority to be effective (e.g., if
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