-B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
--rsync-path=PROGRAM specify the rsync to run on remote machine
+ --existing ignore non-existing files on receiving side
--ignore-existing ignore files that already exist on receiver
- --ignore-non-existing ignore files that don't exist on receiver
--remove-sent-files sent files/symlinks are removed from sender
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete files that don't exist on sender
dit(bf(-d, --dirs)) Tell the sending side to include any directories that
are encountered. Unlike bf(--recursive), a directory's contents are not copied
-unless the directory was specified on the command-line as either "." or a
-name with a trailing slash (e.g. "foo/"). Without this option or the
+unless the directory name specified is "." or ends with a trailing slash
+(e.g. ".", "dir/.", "dir/", etc.). Without this option or the
bf(--recursive) option, rsync will skip all directories it encounters (and
output a message to that effect for each one). If you specify both
-bf(--dirs) and bf(--recursive), the latter takes precedence.
+bf(--dirs) and bf(--recursive), bf(--recursive) takes precedence.
dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the
symlink on the destination.
quote(--chmod=Dg+s,ug+w,Fo-w,+X)
+It is also legal to specify multiple bf(--chmod) options.
+
dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers,
instead it will just report the actions it would have taken.
boundaries when recursing. This is useful for transferring the
contents of only one filesystem.
+dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync to avoid recursing into a
+directory that is the mount-point for another filesystem, including (as of
+2.6.7), "bind" mount-points. You can still copy the contents of multiple
+file systems if you include a source dir from each file system -- this just
+limits rsync's directory-recursion algorithm.
+
+Rsync will copy the directory at each encountered mount-point unless this
+option is repeated. Note, however, that the attributes of this mount-point
+directory are copied from those currently visible in the filesystem, not
+the inaccessible attributes of the underlying directory.
+
+This option does not affect the "collapsing" of symlinks that options such
+as bf(--copy-links) perform, irrespective of what filesystem the symlink's
+referent may be on.
+
+dit(bf(--existing, --ignore-non-existing)) This tells rsync to skip
+updating files that do not exist yet on the destination. If this option is
+combined with the bf(--ignore-existing) option, no files will be updated
+(which can be useful if all you want to do is to delete missing files).
+
dit(bf(--ignore-existing)) This tells rsync to skip updating files that
already exist on the destination. See also bf(--ignore-non-existing).
-dit(bf(--ignore-non-existing)) This tells rsync to skip updating files that
-do not exist yet on the destination. If this option is combined with the
-bf(--ignore-existing) option, no files will be updated (which can be useful
-if all you want to do is to delete missing files). Note that in older
-versions of rsync, this option was named bf(--existing), so this older
-name is still accepted as an alias.
-
dit(bf(--remove-sent-files)) This tells rsync to remove from the sending
side the files and/or symlinks that are newly created or whose content is
updated on the receiving side. Directories and devices are not removed,
Prior to rsync 2.6.7, this option would have no effect unless bf(--recursive)
was in effect. Beginning with 2.6.7, deletions will also occur when bf(--dirs)
-is specified, but only for directories whose contents are being copied.
+(bf(-d)) is in effect, but only for directories whose contents are being copied.
This option can be dangerous if used incorrectly! It is a very good idea
to run first using the bf(--dry-run) option (bf(-n)) to see what files would be
dit(bf(-i, --itemize-changes)) Requests a simple itemized list of the
changes that are being made to each file, including attribute changes.
This is exactly the same as specifying bf(--log-format='%i %n%L').
+If you repeat the option, unchanged files will also be output, but only
+if the receiving rsync is at least version 2.6.7 (you can use bf(-vv)
+with older versions of rsync, but that also turns on the output of other
+verbose messages).
The "%i" escape has a cryptic output that is 9 letters long. The general
format is like the string bf(UXcstpoga)), where bf(U) is replaced by the
of the transfer.
it() if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a
directory, not a file, link, or device.
- it() if the pattern contains a wildcard character from the set
- *?[ then expression matching is applied using the shell filename
- matching rules. Otherwise a simple string match is used.
- it() the double asterisk pattern "**" will match slashes while a
- single asterisk pattern "*" will stop at slashes.
- it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) or a "**"
+
+ 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() 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:]].
+ it() in a wildcard pattern, a backslash can be used to escape a wildcard
+ character, but it is matched literally when no wildcards are present.
+ it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) or a "**",
then it is matched against the full pathname, including any leading
directories. If the pattern doesn't contain a / or a "**", then it is
matched only against the final component of the filename.
(Remember that the algorithm is applied recursively so "full filename"
can actually be any portion of a path from the starting directory on
down.)
+ it() a trailing "dir_name/***" will match both the directory (as if
+ "dir_name/" had been specified) and all the files in the directory
+ (as if "dir_name/**" had been specified). (This behavior is new for
+ version 2.6.7.)
)
Note that, when using the bf(--recursive) (bf(-r)) option (which is implied by
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