Preparing for release of 3.0.1

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 6bbf400..3b1aec5 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(1 Mar 2008)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(3 Apr 2008)()()
 manpagename(rsync)(a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool)
 manpagesynopsis()
 
@@ -751,11 +751,15 @@ bf(--recursive) option, rsync will skip all directories it encounters (and
 output a message to that effect for each one).  If you specify both
 bf(--dirs) and bf(--recursive), bf(--recursive) takes precedence.
 
-This option is implied by the bf(--list-only) option (including an implied
+The bf(--dirs) option is implied by the bf(--files-from) option
+or the bf(--list-only) option (including an implied
 bf(--list-only) usage) if bf(--recursive) wasn't specified (so that
 directories are seen in the listing).  Specify bf(--no-dirs) (or bf(--no-d))
-if you want to override this.  This option is also implied by
-bf(--files-from).
+if you want to turn this off.
+
+There is also a backward-compatibility helper option, bf(--old-dirs) (or
+bf(--old-d)) that tells rsync to use a hack of "-r --exclude='/*/*'" to get
+an older rsync to list a single directory without recursing.
 
 dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the
 symlink on the destination.
@@ -2872,7 +2876,7 @@ url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/)
 
 manpagesection(VERSION)
 
-This man page is current for version 3.0.0 of rsync.
+This man page is current for version 3.0.1 of rsync.
 
 manpagesection(INTERNAL OPTIONS)