Avoid a server-side problem with -e is at the start of the short options.

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 9a2f0f0..3ad0489 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(24 Jul 2008)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(28 Dec 2008)()()
 manpagename(rsync)(a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool)
 manpagesynopsis()
 
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ destination, the files are listed in an output format similar to "ls -l".
 As expected, if neither the source or destination path specify a remote
 host, the copy occurs locally (see also the bf(--list-only) option).
 
+Rsync refers to the local side as the "client" and the remote side as the
+"server".  Don't confuse "server" with an rsync daemon -- a daemon is always a
+server, but a server can be either a daemon or a remote-shell spawned process.
+
 manpagesection(SETUP)
 
 See the file README for installation instructions.
@@ -667,7 +671,7 @@ Note that if you don't specify bf(--backup-dir), (1) the
 bf(--omit-dir-times) option will be implied, and (2) if bf(--delete) is
 also in effect (without bf(--delete-excluded)), rsync will add a "protect"
 filter-rule for the backup suffix to the end of all your existing excludes
-(e.g. bf(-f "Pp *~")).  This will prevent previously backed-up files from being
+(e.g. bf(-f "P *~")).  This will prevent previously backed-up files from being
 deleted.  Note that if you are supplying your own filter rules, you may
 need to manually insert your own exclude/protect rule somewhere higher up
 in the list so that it has a high enough priority to be effective (e.g., if
@@ -2276,7 +2280,7 @@ itemization(
   it() rsync chooses between doing a simple string match and wildcard
   matching by checking if the pattern contains one of these three wildcard
   characters: '*', '?', and '[' .
-  it() a '*' matches any non-empty path component (it stops at slashes).
+  it() a '*' matches any path component, but it stops at slashes.
   it() use '**' to match anything, including slashes.
   it() a '?' matches any character except a slash (/).
   it() a '[' introduces a character class, such as [a-z] or [[:alpha:]].
@@ -2894,7 +2898,7 @@ url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/)
 
 manpagesection(VERSION)
 
-This man page is current for version 3.0.4pre1 of rsync.
+This man page is current for version 3.0.5 of rsync.
 
 manpagesection(INTERNAL OPTIONS)