The improved --xattrs option is landing on the trunk.

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index b1f362d..55c372a 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -q, --quiet                 suppress non-error messages
      --no-motd               suppress daemon-mode MOTD (see caveat)
  -c, --checksum              skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
- -a, --archive               archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H, -A)
+ -a, --archive               archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
      --no-OPTION             turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)
  -r, --recursive             recurse into directories
  -R, --relative              use relative path names
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -E, --executability         preserve executability
      --chmod=CHMOD           affect file and/or directory permissions
  -A, --acls                  preserve ACLs (implies -p)
+ -X, --xattrs                preserve extended attrs (implies -p)
  -o, --owner                 preserve owner (super-user only)
  -g, --group                 preserve group
      --devices               preserve device files (super-user only)
@@ -725,7 +726,7 @@ which point outside the copied tree. All absolute symlinks are
 also ignored. Using this option in conjunction with bf(--relative) may
 give unexpected results.
 
-dit(bf(-K, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
+dit(bf(-k, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
 a symlink to a directory as though it were a real directory.  This is
 useful if you don't want symlinks to non-directories to be affected, as
 they would be using bf(--copy-links).
@@ -831,6 +832,11 @@ dit(bf(-A, --acls)) This option causes rsync to update the destination
 ACLs to be the same as the source ACLs.  This nonstandard option only
 works if the remote rsync also supports it.  bf(--acls) implies bf(--perms).
 
+dit(bf(-X, --xattrs)) This option causes rsync to update the remote
+extended attributes to be the same as the local ones.  This will work
+only if the remote machine's rsync supports this option also. This is
+a non-standard option.
+
 dit(bf(--chmod)) This option tells rsync to apply one or more
 comma-separated "chmod" strings to the permission of the files in the
 transfer.  The resulting value is treated as though it was the permissions