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Changes since 2.6.6:
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a really old bug that caused --checksum (-c) to checksum all the
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a really old bug that caused --checksum (-c) to checksum all the
- files
during the delete scan!
+ files
encountered during the delete scan (ouch).
- Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again.
- Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again.
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-34,6
+34,12
@@
Changes since 2.6.6:
- If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle
the exit status properly and generate a better error.
- If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle
the exit status properly and generate a better error.
+ - Fixed some glitches in the double-verbose output when using --copy-dest,
+ --link-dest, or --compare-dest.
+
+ - Fixed the matching of the dont-compress items (e.g. *.gz) against files
+ that have a path component containing a slash.
+
ENHANCEMENTS:
- Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
ENHANCEMENTS:
- Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
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-44,22
+50,34
@@
Changes since 2.6.6:
transfer.
- Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive
transfer.
- Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive
- rsync's compression should be (the option implies --compress).
+ rsync's compression should be (this option implies --compress).
+
+ - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size
+ to allow easy entry of multiples of 1000 (instead of just multiples
+ of 1024) and off-by-one values too (e.g. --max-size=8mb-1).
- - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size.
+ - The options --human-readable (-h) and --si change the output of the
+ --stats and the end-of-run summary to be easier to read.
- If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the
preservation of attributes on symlinks.
- If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the
preservation of attributes on symlinks.
+ - The --link-dest option now affects symlinks and devices (when
+ possible).
+
+ - Improved the output of hard-linked and copied files when using
+ --link-dest, --copy-dest, or --compare-dest.
+
- Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec"
and "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a
per-module basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode
- Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec"
and "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a
per-module basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode
- transfer.
+ transfer. (See the manpage for a list of the environment variables
+ that are set with information about the transfer.)
- When using the --relative option, you can now insert a dot dir in
the source path to indicate where the replication of the source dirs
should start. For example, if you specify a source path of
- When using the --relative option, you can now insert a dot dir in
the source path to indicate where the replication of the source dirs
should start. For example, if you specify a source path of
- rsync://host/module/foo/bar/./baz/dir with -R, rsync w
ould
only
+ rsync://host/module/foo/bar/./baz/dir with -R, rsync w
ill now
only
replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing
dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash).
replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing
dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash).
@@
-77,10
+95,15
@@
Changes since 2.6.6:
- If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will
now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized.
- If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will
now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized.
+ - If --backup is combined with --delete without --backup-dir (and
+ without --delete-excluded), we add a "protect" filter-rule to ensure
+ that files with the backup suffix are not deleted.
+
- The file-count stats that are output by --progress were improved to
better indicate what the numbers mean. For instance, the output:
- The file-count stats that are output by --progress were improved to
better indicate what the numbers mean. For instance, the output:
- "(xfer#5, to-check=8383/9999)" indicates that this was transferred
- file #5, and we still need to check 8383 files out of 9999 total.
+ "(xfer#5, to-check=8383/9999)" indicates that this was the fifth file
+ to be transferred, and we still need to check 8383 more files out of
+ a total of 9999.
- Some minor documentation improvements.
- Some minor documentation improvements.