--sockopts=OPTIONS specify custom TCP options
--blocking-io use blocking I/O for the remote shell
--stats give some file-transfer stats
- -8, --8-bit leave high-bit chars unescaped in output
+ -8, --8-bit-output leave high-bit chars unescaped in output
-h, --human-readable output numbers in a human-readable format
--si like human-readable, but use powers of 1000
--progress show progress during transfer
on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync
algorithm is for your data.
-dit(bf(-8, --8-bit)) This tells rsync to leave all high-bit characters
+dit(bf(-8, --8-bit-output)) This tells rsync to leave all high-bit characters
unescaped in the output instead of trying to test them to see if they're
valid in the current locale and escaping the invalid ones. All control
characters (but never tabs) are always escaped, regardless of this option's