--port=PORT specify double-colon alternate port number
--blocking-io use blocking I/O for the remote shell
--stats give some file-transfer stats
- -m, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable format
+ -h, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable format
--si like human-readable, but use powers of 1000
--progress show progress during transfer
-P same as --partial --progress
-4, --ipv4 prefer IPv4
-6, --ipv6 prefer IPv6
--version print version number
- -h, --help show this help screen)
+ --help show this help screen)
Rsync can also be run as a daemon, in which case the following options are
accepted: verb(
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-4, --ipv4 prefer IPv4
-6, --ipv6 prefer IPv6
- -h, --help show this help screen)
+ --help show this help screen)
manpageoptions()
can be used instead.
startdit()
-dit(bf(-h, --help)) Print a short help page describing the options
-available in rsync.
+dit(bf(--help)) Print a short help page describing the options
+available in rsync and exit. For backward-compatibility with older
+versions of rsync, the same help output can also be requested by using
+the bf(-h) option without any other args.
dit(bf(--version)) print the rsync version number and exit.
suffixed with a string to indicate a size multiplier, and
may be a fractional value (e.g. "bf(--max-size=1.5m)").
-The suffixes are as follows: "K" (or "k") is a kilobyte (1024),
-"M" (or "m") is a megabyte (1024*1024), and "G" (or "g") is a
-gigabyte (1024*1024*1024).
-If you want the multiplier to be 1000 instead of 1024, suffix the K, G, or
-M with a "T" (or "t") to indicate that a power of 10 is desired.
+The suffixes are as follows: "K" (or "KiB") is a kibibyte (1024),
+"M" (or "MiB") is a mebibyte (1024*1024), and "G" (or "GiB") is a
+gibibyte (1024*1024*1024).
+If you want the multiplier to be 1000 instead of 1024, use "KB",
+"MB", or "GB". (Note: lower-case is also accepted for all values.)
Finally, if the suffix ends in either "+1" or "-1", the value will
be offset by one byte in the indicated direction.
-Examples: --max-size=1.5mt-1 is 1499999 bytes, and --max-size=2g+1 is
+
+Examples: --max-size=1.5mb-1 is 1499999 bytes, and --max-size=2g+1 is
2147483649 bytes.
dit(bf(--min-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any
on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync
algorithm is for your data.
-dit(bf(-m, --human-readable)) Output numbers in a more human-readable format.
+dit(bf(-h, --human-readable)) Output numbers in a more human-readable format.
Large numbers may be output in larger units, with a K (1024), M (1024*1024),
or G (1024*1024*1024) suffix.
transfer, at which time all the files are renamed into place in rapid
succession. This attempts to make the updating of the files a little more
atomic. By default the files are placed into a directory named ".~tmp~" in
-each file's destination directory, but you can override this by specifying
-the bf(--partial-dir) option. (Note that RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR has no effect
-on this value, nor is bf(--partial-dir) considered to be implied for the
-purposes of the daemon-config's "refuse options" setting.)
-Conflicts with bf(--inplace).
+each file's destination directory, but if you've specified the
+bf(--partial-dir) option, that directory will be used instead.
+Conflicts with bf(--inplace) and bf(--append).
This option uses more memory on the receiving side (one bit per file
transferred) and also requires enough free disk space on the receiving
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