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-manpage(rsync)(1)(13 May 1998)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(11 Nov 1998)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
rsync [options] path [user@]host::module[/path]
-rsync [options] rsync://host/module/path path
+rsync [options] rsync://[user@]host[:port]/module/path path
manpagedescription()
it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local
machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a ::
- separator. You can also use a rsync:// URL if no username
- is required.
+ separator or a rsync:// URL.
it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync
server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a ::
or rsync [OPTION]... SRC DEST
or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC DEST
or rsync [OPTION]... SRC [USER@]HOST::DEST
+ or rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC DEST
Options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-T --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR
--compare-dest=DIR also compare destination files relative to DIR
-z, --compress compress file data
- --exclude=PATTERN exclude file FILE
- --exclude-from=PATTERN exclude files listed in FILE
- --include=PATTERN don't exclude file FILE
- --include-from=PATTERN don't exclude files listed in FILE
+ --exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN
+ --exclude-from=FILE exclude files listed in FILE
+ --include=PATTERN don't exclude files matching PATTERN
+ --include-from=FILE don't exclude files listed in FILE
--suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix
--version print version number
--daemon run as a rsync daemon
--port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number
--stats give some file transfer stats
--progress show progress during transfer
+ --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format
-h, --help show this help screen
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devices. This option is only available to the super-user.
dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along
-with the files and update them on the remote system
+with the files and update them on the remote system. Note that if this
+option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not been
+modified cannot be effective; in other words, a missing -t or -a will
+cause the next transfer to behave as if it used -I, and all files will have
+their checksums compared and show up in log messages even if they haven't
+changed.
dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers,
instead it will just report the actions it would have taken.
of the story is to use the -n option until you get used to the
behavior of --delete.
-NOTE: It also may delete files on the destination if the sending side
-can't open them or stat them. This is a bug that hopefully will be
-fixed in a future release.
+If the sending side detects any IO errors then the deletion of any
+files at the destination will be automatically disabled. This is to
+prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors) on the
+sending side causing a massive deletion of files on the
+destination.
dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if
they are not empty. This applies to both the --delete option and to
transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to a new destination while
leaving existing files intact, and then doing a flash-cutover when all
files have been successfully transfered (for example by moving directories
-around and removing the old directory). This option increases the
-usefulness of --partial because partially transferred files will remain in
-the new temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed.
-If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory.
+around and removing the old directory, although this requires also doing
+the transfer with -I to avoid skipping files that haven't changed). This
+option increases the usefulness of --partial because partially transferred
+files will remain in the new temporary destination until they have a chance
+to be completed. If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the
+destination directory.
dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
the source file(s) which it sends to the destination machine. This
dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use
rather than the default port 873.
+dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) This allows you to specify exactly what the
+rsync client logs to stdout on a per file basis. The log format is
+specified using the same format conventions as the log format option in
+rsyncd.conf.
+
dit(bf(--stats)) This tells rsync to print a verbose set of statistics
on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync
algorithm is for your data. This option only works in conjunction with
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