Mention exclude improvements.

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index ac472f5..cac3267 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -737,6 +737,11 @@ unchanged files.  Files with changed ownership or permissions will not be
 linked.
 Like bf(--compare-dest) if DIR is a relative path, it is relative
 to the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).
+An example:
+
+verb(
+    rsync -av --link-dest=$PWD/prior_dir host:src_dir/ new_dir/
+)
 
 dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
 the files that it sends to the destination machine.  This
@@ -915,29 +920,24 @@ Here is how the various command choices differ for a 2-source transfer:
 
 verb(
    Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me /home/you /dest
-   Source root: /home       (me & you are part of transfer)
    +/- pattern: /me/foo/bar
    +/- pattern: /you/bar/baz
    Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar
    Target file: /dest/you/bar/baz
 
    Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me/ /home/you/ /dest
-   Source root: /home/me               (due to trailing /)
-   Source root: /home/you              (ditto)
    +/- pattern: /foo/bar               (note missing "me")
    +/- pattern: /bar/baz               (note missing "you")
    Target file: /dest/foo/bar
    Target file: /dest/bar/baz
 
    Example cmd: rsync -a --relative /home/me/ /home/you /dest
-   Source root: /
    +/- pattern: /home/me/foo/bar       (note full path)
    +/- pattern: /home/you/bar/baz      (ditto)
    Target file: /dest/home/me/foo/bar
    Target file: /dest/home/you/bar/baz
 
    Example cmd: cd /home; rsync -a --relative me/foo you/ /dest
-   Source root: /home
    +/- pattern: /me/foo/bar      (starts at specified path)
    +/- pattern: /you/bar/baz     (ditto)
    Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar