Improved manpage from Matt.

diff --git a/source-backup.diff b/source-backup.diff
index 32850da..9071ac9 100644 (file)
--- a/source-backup.diff
+++ b/source-backup.diff
@@ -55,18 +55,17 @@ To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
       --del                   an alias for --delete-during
       --delete                delete extraneous files from dest dirs
       --delete-before         receiver deletes before transfer (default)
-@@ -1004,6 +1005,15 @@ dit(bf(--remove-source-files)) This tell
+@@ -1004,6 +1005,14 @@ dit(bf(--remove-source-files)) This tell
  side the files (meaning non-directories) that are a part of the transfer
  and have been successfully duplicated on the receiving side.
  
 +dit(bf(--source-backup)) Makes the sender back up the source files it removes
 +due to bf(--remove-source-files).  This option is independent of
 +bf(--backup) but uses the same bf(--backup-dir) and bf(--suffix) settings,
-+if any.  With bf(--backup-dir), each backup file is placed inside the backup
-+dir according to the source file's full path from the working directory
-+(backup-dir + source argument path + file-list path); if you want files placed according
-+to the file-list path, you could either make appropriate symlinks or have the
-+sender "cd" into the source directory so that the source argument is just ".".
++if any.  With bf(--backup-dir), rsync looks for each file's backup dir relative
++to the source argument the file came from.  Consequently, if the
++bf(--backup-dir) path is relative, each source argument gets a separate backup
++dir at that path relative to the argument.
 +
  dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the
  receiving side (ones that aren't on the sending side), but only for the