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2 | manpage(rsync)(1)(13 May 1998)()() | |
3 | manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp) | |
4 | manpagesynopsis() | |
5 | ||
6 | rsync [options] [user@]host:path path | |
7 | ||
8 | rsync [options] path [user@]host:path | |
9 | ||
10 | rsync [options] path path | |
11 | ||
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16 | manpagedescription() | |
17 | ||
18 | rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does, | |
19 | but has many more options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol to | |
20 | greatly speedup file transfers when the destination file already | |
21 | exists. | |
22 | ||
23 | The rsync remote-update protocol allows rsync to transfer just the | |
24 | differences between two sets of files across the network link, using | |
25 | an efficient checksum-search algorithm described in the technical | |
26 | report that accompanies this package. | |
27 | ||
28 | Some of the additional features of rsync are: | |
29 | ||
30 | itemize( | |
31 | it() support for copying links, devices, owners, groups and permissions | |
32 | it() exclude and exclude-from options similar to GNU tar | |
33 | it() a CVS exclude mode for ignoring the same files that CVS would ignore | |
34 | it() can use any transparent remote shell, including rsh or ssh | |
35 | it() does not require root privileges | |
36 | it() pipelining of file transfers to minimize latency costs | |
37 | it() support for anonymous or authenticated rsync servers (ideal for | |
38 | mirroring) | |
39 | ) | |
40 | ||
41 | manpagesection(GENERAL) | |
42 | ||
43 | There are five different ways of using rsync. They are: | |
44 | ||
45 | itemize( | |
46 | it() for copying local files. This is invoked when neither | |
47 | source nor destination path contains a : separator | |
48 | ||
49 | it() for copying from the local machine to a remote machine using | |
50 | a remote shell program as the transport (such as rsh or | |
51 | ssh). This is invoked when the destination path contains a | |
52 | single : separator. | |
53 | ||
54 | it() for copying from a remote machine to the local machine | |
55 | using a remote shell program. This is invoked when the local path | |
56 | contains a : separator. | |
57 | ||
58 | it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local | |
59 | machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a :: | |
60 | separator. | |
61 | ||
62 | it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync | |
63 | server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: | |
64 | separator. | |
65 | ) | |
66 | ||
67 | Note that in all cases at least one of the source and destination | |
68 | paths must be local. | |
69 | ||
70 | manpagesection(SETUP) | |
71 | ||
72 | See the file README for installation instructions. | |
73 | ||
74 | Once installed you can use rsync to any machine that you can use rsh | |
75 | to. rsync uses rsh for its communications, unless both the source and | |
76 | destination are local. | |
77 | ||
78 | You can also specify a alternative to rsh, by either using the -e | |
79 | command line option, or by setting the RSYNC_RSH environment variable. | |
80 | ||
81 | One common substitute is to use ssh, which offers a high degree of | |
82 | security. | |
83 | ||
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84 | Note that rsync must be installed on both the source and destination |
85 | machines. | |
86 | ||
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87 | manpagesection(USAGE) |
88 | ||
89 | You use rsync in the same way you use rcp. You must specify a source | |
90 | and a destination, one of which may be remote. | |
91 | ||
92 | Perhaps the best way to explain the syntax is some examples: | |
93 | ||
94 | quote(rsync *.c foo:src/) | |
95 | ||
96 | this would transfer all files matching the pattern *.c from the | |
97 | current directory to the directory src on the machine foo. If any of | |
98 | the files already exist on the remote system then the rsync | |
99 | remote-update protocol is used to update the file by sending only the | |
100 | differences. See the tech report for details. | |
101 | ||
102 | quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar /data/tmp) | |
103 | ||
104 | recursively transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the | |
105 | machine foo into the /data/tmp/bar directory on the local machine. The | |
106 | files are transferred in "archive" mode, which ensures that symbolic | |
107 | links, devices, attributes, permissions, ownerships etc are preserved | |
108 | in the transfer. Additionally compression will be used to reduce the | |
109 | size of data portions of the transfer. | |
110 | ||
111 | quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar/ /data/tmp) | |
112 | ||
113 | With a trailing slash on the source this behavior changes to transfer | |
114 | all files from the directory src/bar on the machine foo into the | |
115 | /data/tmp/. With a trailing / on a source name it means "copy the | |
116 | contents of this directory". Without a trailing slash it means "copy | |
117 | the directory". This difference becomes particularly important when | |
118 | using the --delete option. | |
119 | ||
120 | You can also use rsync in local-only mode, where both the source and | |
121 | destination don't have a ':' in the name. In this case it behaves like | |
122 | an improved copy command. | |
123 | ||
124 | ||
125 | manpagesection(CONNECTING TO AN RSYNC SERVER) | |
126 | ||
127 | It is also possible to use rsync without using rsh or ssh as the | |
128 | transport. In this case you will connect to a remote rsync server | |
129 | running on TCP port 873. | |
130 | ||
131 | Using rsync in this was is the same as using it with rsh or ssh except | |
132 | that: | |
133 | ||
134 | itemize( | |
135 | it() you use a double colon :: instead of a single colon to | |
136 | separate the hostname from the path. | |
137 | ||
138 | it() the remote server may print a message of the day when you | |
139 | connect | |
140 | ||
141 | it() if you specify no path name on the remote server then the | |
142 | list of accessible paths on the server will be shown. | |
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143 | |
144 | it() if you specify no local destination then a listing of the | |
145 | specified files on the remote server is provided | |
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146 | ) |
147 | ||
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148 | Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. If so then |
149 | you will receive a password prompt when you connect. You can avoid the | |
150 | password prompt by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to | |
151 | the password you want to use. This may be useful when scripting rsync. | |
152 | ||
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153 | manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER) |
154 | ||
155 | An rsync server is configured using a config file which by default is | |
156 | called /etc/rsyncd.conf. Please see the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more | |
157 | information. | |
158 | ||
159 | manpagesection(EXAMPLES) | |
160 | ||
161 | Here are some examples of how I use rsync. | |
162 | ||
163 | To backup my wife's home directory, which consists of large MS word | |
164 | files and mail folders I use a cron job that runs | |
165 | ||
166 | quote(rsync -Cavz . arvidsjaur:backup) | |
167 | ||
168 | each night over a PPP link to a duplicate directory on my machine | |
169 | "arvidsjaur". | |
170 | ||
171 | To synchronize my samba source trees I use the following Makefile | |
172 | targets: | |
173 | ||
174 | quote( get:nl() | |
175 | rsync -avuzb --exclude '*~' samba:samba/ . | |
176 | ||
177 | put:nl() | |
178 | rsync -Cavuzb . samba:samba/ | |
179 | ||
180 | sync: get put) | |
181 | ||
182 | this allows me to sync with a CVS directory at the other end of the | |
183 | link. I then do cvs operations on the remote machine, which saves a | |
184 | lot of time as the remote cvs protocol isn't very efficient. | |
185 | ||
186 | I mirror a directory between my "old" and "new" ftp sites with the | |
187 | command | |
188 | ||
189 | quote(rsync -az -e ssh --delete ~ftp/pub/samba/ nimbus:"~ftp/pub/tridge/samba") | |
190 | ||
191 | this is launched from cron every few hours. | |
192 | ||
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193 | manpagesection(OPTIONS SUMMARY) |
194 | ||
195 | Here is a short summary of the options avalable in rsync. Please refer | |
196 | to the detailed description below for a complete description. | |
197 | ||
198 | verb( | |
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199 | Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [USER@]HOST:DEST |
200 | or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST | |
201 | or rsync [OPTION]... SRC DEST | |
202 | or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC DEST | |
203 | or rsync [OPTION]... SRC [USER@]HOST::DEST | |
204 | ||
205 | Options | |
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206 | -v, --verbose increase verbosity |
207 | -c, --checksum always checksum | |
208 | -a, --archive archive mode | |
209 | -r, --recursive recurse into directories | |
210 | -R, --relative use relative path names | |
211 | -b, --backup make backups (default ~ extension) | |
212 | -u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files) | |
213 | -l, --links preserve soft links | |
214 | -L, --copy-links treat soft links like regular files | |
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216 | -H, --hard-links preserve hard links |
217 | -p, --perms preserve permissions | |
218 | -o, --owner preserve owner (root only) | |
219 | -g, --group preserve group | |
220 | -D, --devices preserve devices (root only) | |
221 | -t, --times preserve times | |
222 | -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently | |
223 | -n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred | |
224 | -W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks | |
225 | -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries | |
226 | -B, --block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size | |
227 | -e, --rsh=COMMAND specify rsh replacement | |
228 | --rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine | |
229 | -C, --cvs-exclude auto ignore files in the same way CVS does | |
230 | --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side | |
231 | --partial keep partially transferred files | |
232 | --force force deletion of directories even if not empty | |
233 | --numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name | |
234 | --timeout=TIME set IO timeout in seconds | |
235 | -I, --ignore-times don't exclude files that match length and time | |
236 | -T --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR | |
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238 | -z, --compress compress file data |
239 | --exclude=PATTERN exclude file FILE | |
240 | --exclude-from=PATTERN exclude files listed in FILE | |
241 | --include=PATTERN don't exclude file FILE | |
242 | --include-from=PATTERN don't exclude files listed in FILE | |
243 | --suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix | |
244 | --version print version number | |
245 | --daemon run as a rsync daemon | |
246 | --config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file | |
247 | --port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number | |
248 | --stats give some file transfer stats | |
eb86d661 | 249 | --progress show progress during transfer |
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250 | -h, --help show this help screen |
251 | ) | |
252 | ||
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253 | manpageoptions() |
254 | ||
255 | rsync uses the GNU long options package. Many of the command line | |
256 | options have two variants, one short and one long. These are shown | |
257 | below separated by commas. Some options only have a long variant. | |
258 | ||
259 | startdit() | |
260 | dit(bf(-h, --help)) Print a short help page describing the options | |
261 | available in rsync | |
262 | ||
263 | dit(bf(--version)) print the rsync version number and exit | |
264 | ||
265 | dit(bf(-v, --verbose)) This option increases the amount of information you | |
266 | are given during the transfer. By default rsync works silently. A | |
267 | single -v will give you information about what files are being | |
268 | transferred and a brief summary at the end. Two -v flags will give you | |
269 | information on what files are being skipped and slightly more | |
270 | information at the end. More than two -v flags should only be used if | |
271 | you are debugging rsync | |
272 | ||
273 | dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are | |
274 | already the same length and have the same time-stamp. This option turns | |
275 | off this behavior. | |
276 | ||
277 | dit(bf(-c, --checksum)) This forces the sender to checksum all files using | |
278 | a 128-bit MD4 checksum before transfer. The checksum is then | |
279 | explicitly checked on the receiver and any files of the same name | |
280 | which already exist and have the same checksum and size on the | |
281 | receiver are skipped. This option can be quite slow. | |
282 | ||
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284 | of saying I want recursion and want to preserve everything. |
285 | ||
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286 | Note: if the user launching rsync is root then the -o option (preserve |
287 | uid) is also implied. | |
288 | ||
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289 | dit(bf(-r, --recursive)) This tells rsync to copy directories recursively |
290 | ||
291 | dit(bf(-R, --relative)) Use relative paths. This means that the full path | |
292 | names specified on the command line are sent to the server rather than | |
293 | just the last parts of the filenames. This is particularly useful when | |
294 | you want to sent several different directories at the same time. For | |
295 | example if you used the command | |
296 | ||
297 | verb(rsync foo/bar/foo.c remote:/tmp/) | |
298 | ||
299 | then this would create a file called foo.c in /tmp/ on the remote | |
300 | machine. If instead you used | |
301 | ||
302 | verb(rsync -R foo/bar/foo.c remote:/tmp/) | |
303 | ||
304 | then a file called /tmp/foo/bar/foo.c would be created on the remote | |
305 | machine. The full path name is preserved. | |
306 | ||
307 | dit(bf(-b, --backup)) With this option preexisting destination files are | |
308 | renamed with a ~ extension as each file is transferred. You can | |
309 | control the backup suffix using the --suffix option. | |
310 | ||
311 | dit(bf(-u, --update)) This forces rsync to skip any files for which the | |
312 | destination file already exists and has a date later than the source | |
313 | file. | |
314 | ||
315 | dit(bf(-l, --links)) This tells rsync to recreate symbolic links on the | |
316 | remote system to be the same as the local system. Without this | |
317 | option all symbolic links are skipped. | |
318 | ||
319 | dit(bf(-L, --copy-links)) This tells rsync to treat symbolic links just | |
320 | like ordinary files. | |
321 | ||
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322 | dit(bf(--safe-links)) This tells rsync to ignore any symbolic links |
323 | which point outside the destination tree. All absolute symlinks are | |
324 | also ignored. Using this option in conjunction with --relative may | |
325 | give unexpecetd results. | |
326 | ||
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327 | dit(bf(-H, --hard-links)) This tells rsync to recreate hard links on |
328 | the remote system to be the same as the local system. Without this | |
329 | option hard links are treated like regular files. | |
330 | ||
331 | Note that rsync can only detect hard links if both parts of the link | |
332 | are in the list of files being sent. | |
333 | ||
334 | This option can be quite slow, so only use it if you need it. | |
335 | ||
336 | dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the incremental rsync algorithm | |
337 | is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. This may be | |
338 | useful when using rsync with a local machine. | |
339 | ||
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340 | dit(bf(--partial)) By default rsync will delete any partially |
341 | transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In some circumstances | |
342 | it is more desirable to keep partially transferred files. Using the | |
343 | --partial option tells rsync to keep the partial file which should | |
344 | make a subsequent transfer of the rest of the file much faster. | |
345 | ||
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346 | dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes rsync to update the remote |
347 | permissions to be the same as the local permissions. | |
348 | ||
349 | dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to update the remote owner | |
350 | of the file to be the same as the local owner. This is only available | |
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351 | to the super-user. Note that if the source system is a daemon using chroot, |
352 | the --numeric-ids option is implied because the source system cannot get | |
353 | access to the user names. | |
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354 | |
355 | dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to update the remote group | |
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356 | of the file to be the same as the local group. Note that if the source |
357 | system is a daemon using chroot, the --numeric-ids option is implied because | |
358 | the source system cannot get access to the group names. | |
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359 | |
360 | dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and | |
361 | block device information to the remote system to recreate these | |
362 | devices. This option is only available to the super-user. | |
363 | ||
364 | dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along | |
365 | with the files and update them on the remote system | |
366 | ||
367 | dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers, | |
368 | instead it will just report the actions it would have taken. | |
369 | ||
370 | dit(bf(-S, --sparse)) Try to handle sparse files efficiently so they take | |
371 | up less space on the destination. | |
372 | ||
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373 | NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs" |
374 | filesystem. It doesn't seem to handle seeks over null regions | |
375 | correctly and ends up corrupting the files. | |
376 | ||
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377 | dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem |
378 | boundaries when recursing. This is useful for transferring the | |
379 | contents of only one filesystem. | |
380 | ||
381 | dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete any files on the receiving | |
382 | side that aren't on the sending side. This option can be dangerous if | |
383 | used incorrectly! | |
384 | ||
385 | It is a very good idea to run first using the dry run option (-n) to | |
386 | see what files would be deleted to make sure important files aren't | |
387 | listed. | |
388 | ||
389 | rsync 1.6.4 changed the behavior of --delete to make it less | |
390 | dangerous. rsync now only scans directories on the receiving side | |
391 | that are explicitly transferred from the sending side. Only files in | |
392 | these directories are deleted. | |
393 | ||
394 | Still, it is probably easy to get burnt with this option. The moral | |
395 | of the story is to use the -n option until you get used to the | |
396 | behavior of --delete. | |
397 | ||
398 | NOTE: It also may delete files on the destination if the sending side | |
399 | can't open them or stat them. This is a bug that hopefully will be | |
400 | fixed in a future release. | |
401 | ||
402 | dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if | |
403 | they are not empty. This applies to both the --delete option and to | |
404 | cases where rsync tries to copy a normal file but the destination | |
405 | contains a directory of the same name. Normally rsync will refuse to | |
406 | do a recursive directory deletion in such cases, by using --force | |
407 | the recursive deletion will be done. | |
408 | ||
409 | Use this option with caution! | |
410 | ||
411 | dit(bf(-B , --block_size BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in | |
412 | the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details. | |
413 | ||
414 | dit(bf(-e, --rsh COMMAND)) This option allows you to choose an alternative | |
415 | remote shell program to use for communication between the local and | |
416 | remote copies of rsync. By default rsync will use rsh, but you may | |
417 | like to instead use ssh because of its high security. | |
418 | ||
419 | You can also choose the remote shell program using the RSYNC_RSH | |
420 | environment variable. | |
421 | ||
422 | dit(bf(--rsync-path PATH)) Use this to specify the path to the copy of | |
423 | rsync on the remote machine. Useful when its not in your path. | |
424 | ||
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426 | certain files from the list of files to be transferred. This is most |
427 | useful in combination with a recursive transfer. | |
428 | ||
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429 | You may use as many --exclude options on the command line as you like |
430 | to build up the list of files to exclude. | |
431 | ||
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432 | See the section of exclude patterns for information on the syntax of |
433 | this option. | |
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434 | |
435 | dit(bf(--exclude-from FILE)) This option is similar to the --exclude | |
436 | option, but instead it adds all filenames listed in the file FILE to | |
437 | the exclude list. | |
438 | ||
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439 | dit(bf(--include pattern)) This option tells rsync to not exclude the |
440 | specified pattern of filenames. This is useful as it allows you to | |
441 | build up quite complex exclude/include rules. | |
442 | ||
443 | See the section of exclude patterns for information on the syntax of | |
444 | this option. | |
445 | ||
446 | dit(bf(--include-from FILE)) This specifies a list of include patterns | |
447 | from a file. | |
448 | ||
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449 | dit(bf(-C, --cvs-exclude)) This is a useful shorthand for excluding a |
450 | broad range of files that you often don't want to transfer between | |
451 | systems. It uses the same algorithm that CVS uses to determine if | |
452 | a file should be ignored. | |
453 | ||
454 | The exclude list is initialized to: | |
455 | ||
456 | quote(RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state | |
457 | .nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-* | |
458 | *.a *.o *.obj *.so *.Z *.elc *.ln core) | |
459 | ||
460 | then files listed in a $HOME/.cvsignore are added to the list and any | |
461 | files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (space delimited). | |
462 | ||
463 | Finally in each directory any files listed in the .cvsignore file in | |
464 | that directory are added to the list. | |
465 | ||
466 | dit(bf(--suffix SUFFIX)) This option allows you to override the default | |
467 | backup suffix used with the -b option. The default is a ~. | |
468 | ||
469 | dit(bf(--csum-length LENGTH)) By default the primary checksum used in | |
470 | rsync is a very strong 16 byte MD4 checksum. In most cases you will | |
471 | find that a truncated version of this checksum is quite efficient, and | |
472 | this will decrease the size of the checksum data sent over the link, | |
de2fd20e | 473 | making things faster. |
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474 | |
475 | You can choose the number of bytes in the truncated checksum using the | |
476 | --csum-length option. Any value less than or equal to 16 is valid. | |
477 | ||
478 | Note that if you use this option then you run the risk of ending up | |
479 | with an incorrect target file. The risk with a value of 16 is | |
480 | microscopic and can be safely ignored (the universe will probably end | |
481 | before it fails) but with smaller values the risk is higher. | |
482 | ||
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483 | Current versions of rsync actually use an adaptive algorithm for the |
484 | checksum length by default, using a 16 byte file checksum to determine | |
485 | if a 2nd pass is required with a longer block checksum. Only use this | |
486 | option if you have read the source code and know what you are doing. | |
487 | ||
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488 | dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a |
489 | scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files | |
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490 | transferred on the receiving side. The default behavior is to create |
491 | the temporary files in the receiving directory. | |
492 | ||
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493 | dit(bf(--compare-dest DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as an |
494 | additional directory to compare destination files against when doing | |
495 | transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to a new destination while | |
496 | leaving existing files intact, and then doing a flash-cutover when all | |
497 | files have been successfully transfered (for example by moving directories | |
498 | around and removing the old directory). This option increases the | |
499 | usefulness of --partial because partially transferred files will remain in | |
500 | the new temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed. | |
501 | If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory. | |
502 | ||
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503 | dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from |
504 | the source file(s) which it sends to the destination machine. This | |
505 | option is useful on slow links. The compression method used is the | |
506 | same method that gzip uses. | |
507 | ||
508 | Note this this option typically achieves better compression ratios | |
509 | that can be achieved by using a compressing remote shell, or a | |
510 | compressing transport, as it takes advantage of the implicit | |
511 | information sent for matching data blocks. | |
512 | ||
513 | dit(bf(--numeric-ids)) With this option rsync will transfer numeric group | |
514 | and user ids rather than using user and group names and mapping them | |
515 | at both ends. | |
516 | ||
517 | By default rsync will use the user name and group name to determine | |
518 | what ownership to give files. The special uid 0 and the special group | |
519 | 0 and never mapped via user/group names even if the --numeric-ids | |
520 | option is not specified. | |
521 | ||
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522 | If the source system is a daemon using chroot, or if a user or group name |
523 | does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric id from the | |
524 | source system is used instead. | |
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526 | dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum IO |
527 | timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time | |
528 | then rsync will exit. The default is 0, which means no timeout. | |
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529 | |
530 | dit(bf(--daemon)) This tells rsync that it is to run as a rsync | |
531 | daemon. If standard input is a socket then rsync will assume that it | |
532 | is being run via inetd, otherwise it will detach from the current | |
5315b793 | 533 | terminal and become a background daemon. The daemon will read the |
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534 | config file (/etc/rsyncd.conf) on each connect made by a client and |
535 | respond to requests accordingly. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more | |
536 | details. | |
537 | ||
538 | dit(bf(--config FILE)) This specifies an alternate config file than | |
5315b793 | 539 | the default /etc/rsyncd.conf. This is only relevant when --daemon is |
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540 | specified. |
541 | ||
542 | dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use | |
543 | rather than the default port 873. | |
544 | ||
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545 | dit(bf(--stats)) This tells rsync to print a verbose set of statistics |
546 | on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync | |
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547 | algorithm is for your data. This option only works in conjunction with |
548 | the -v (verbose) option. | |
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550 | dit(bf(--progress)) This option tells rsync to print information |
551 | showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user | |
552 | something to watch. | |
553 | ||
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554 | enddit() |
555 | ||
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556 | manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS) |
557 | ||
558 | The exclude and include patterns specified to rsync allow for flexible | |
559 | selection of what files to transfer and what files to skip. | |
560 | ||
561 | rsync build a ordered list of include/exclude options as specified on | |
562 | the command line. When a filename is encountered rsync then checks the | |
563 | name against each exclude/include pattern in turn. The first matching | |
564 | pattern is acted on. If it is an exclude pattern than that file is | |
565 | skipped. If it is an include pattern then that filename is not | |
566 | skipped. If no matching include/exclude pattern is found then the | |
567 | filename is not skipped. | |
568 | ||
569 | The patterns themselves can take several forms. The rules are: | |
570 | ||
571 | itemize( | |
572 | it() if the pattern starts with a / then it is matched against the | |
573 | start of the filename, otherwise it is matched against the end of | |
574 | the filename. Thus /foo would match a file called foo | |
575 | at the base of the tree whereas foo would match any file | |
576 | called foo anywhere in the tree. | |
577 | ||
578 | it() if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a | |
579 | directory, not a file, link or device. | |
580 | ||
581 | it() if the pattern contains a wildcard character from the set | |
582 | *?[ then regular expression matching is applied using the | |
583 | normal shell filename matching rules. Otherwise a simple string | |
584 | match is used. | |
585 | ||
586 | it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) then it | |
587 | is matched against the full filename, including any leading | |
588 | directory. If the pattern doesn't contain a / then it is matched | |
589 | only against the final component of the filename. | |
590 | ||
591 | it() if the pattern starts with "+ " (a plus followed by a space) | |
592 | then it is always considered a include pattern, even if specified as | |
593 | part of an exclude option. The "+ " part is discarded before matching. | |
594 | ||
595 | it() if the pattern starts with "- " (a minus followed by a space) | |
596 | then it is always considered a exclude pattern, even if specified as | |
597 | part of an include option. The "- " part is discarded before matching. | |
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598 | |
599 | it() if the pattern is a single exclamation mark ! then the current | |
600 | exclude list is reset, removing all previous exclude patterns. | |
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601 | ) |
602 | ||
603 | The +/- rules are most useful in exclude lists, allowing you to have a | |
604 | single exclude list that contains both include and exclude options. | |
605 | ||
606 | Here are some examples: | |
607 | ||
608 | itemize( | |
609 | it() --exclude "*.o" would exclude all filenames matching *.o | |
610 | it() --exclude "/foo" would exclude a file in the base directory called foo | |
611 | it() --exclude "foo/" would exclude any directory called foo | |
612 | it() --include "*/" --include "*.c" --exclude "*" would include all | |
613 | directories and C source files. | |
614 | ) | |
615 | ||
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616 | manpagesection(DIAGNOSTICS) |
617 | ||
618 | rsync occasinally produces error messages that may seem a little | |
619 | cryptic. The one that seems to cause the most confusion is "protocol | |
620 | version mismatch - is your shell clean?". | |
621 | ||
622 | This message is usually caused by your startup scripts or remote shell | |
623 | facility producing unwanted garbage on the stream that rsync is using | |
624 | for its transport. The way ot diagnose this problem is to run your | |
625 | remote shell like this: | |
626 | ||
627 | verb( | |
628 | rsh remotehost /bin/true > out.dat | |
629 | ) | |
630 | ||
631 | then look at out.dat. If everything is working correctly then out.dat | |
632 | should be a zero length file. You you are getting the above error from | |
633 | rsync then you will probably find that out.dat contains some text or | |
634 | data. Look at the contents and try to work out what is producing | |
635 | it. The most common cause is incorrectly configued shell startup | |
636 | scripts (such as .cshrc or .profile) that contain output statements | |
637 | for non-interactive logins. | |
638 | ||
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639 | manpagesection(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES) |
640 | ||
641 | startdit() | |
642 | ||
643 | dit(bf(CVSIGNORE)) The CVSIGNORE environment variable supplements any | |
644 | ignore patterns in .cvsignore files. See the --cvs-exclude option for | |
645 | more details. | |
646 | ||
647 | dit(bf(RSYNC_RSH)) The RSYNC_RSH environment variable allows you to | |
648 | override the default shell used as the transport for rsync. This can | |
649 | be used instead of the -e option. | |
650 | ||
651 | dit(bf(RSYNC_PASSWORD)) Setting RSYNC_PASSWORD to the required | |
652 | password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to a rsync | |
653 | daemon without user intervention. Note that this does not supply a | |
654 | password to a shell transport such as ssh. | |
655 | ||
656 | dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables | |
657 | are used to determine the default username sent to a rsync server. | |
658 | ||
659 | dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the users | |
660 | default .cvsignore file. | |
661 | ||
662 | enddit() | |
663 | ||
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664 | manpagefiles() |
665 | ||
666 | /etc/rsyncd.conf | |
667 | ||
668 | manpageseealso() | |
669 | ||
670 | rsyncd.conf(5) | |
671 | ||
672 | manpagediagnostics() | |
673 | ||
674 | manpagebugs() | |
675 | ||
676 | times are transferred as unix time_t values | |
677 | ||
678 | file permissions, devices etc are transferred as native numerical | |
679 | values | |
680 | ||
a87b3b2a | 681 | see also the comments on the --delete option |
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682 | |
683 | Please report bugs! The rsync bug tracking system is online at | |
684 | url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/) | |
685 | ||
686 | manpagesection(VERSION) | |
687 | This man page is current for version 2.0 of rsync | |
688 | ||
689 | manpagesection(CREDITS) | |
690 | ||
691 | rsync is distributed under the GNU public license. See the file | |
692 | COPYING for details. | |
693 | ||
694 | The primary ftp site for rsync is | |
695 | url(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync)(ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/rsync). | |
696 | ||
697 | A WEB site is available at | |
698 | url(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/)(http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/) | |
699 | ||
700 | We would be delighted to hear from you if you like this program. | |
701 | ||
702 | This program uses the zlib compression library written by Jean-loup | |
703 | Gailly and Mark Adler. | |
704 | ||
705 | manpagesection(THANKS) | |
706 | ||
707 | Thanks to Richard Brent, Brendan Mackay, Bill Waite, Stephen Rothwell | |
708 | and David Bell for helpful suggestions and testing of rsync. I've | |
709 | probably missed some people, my apologies if I have. | |
710 | ||
711 | ||
712 | manpageauthor() | |
713 | ||
714 | rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras. They may be | |
715 | contacted via email at tridge@samba.anu.edu.au and | |
716 | Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au | |
717 |