--progress show progress during transfer
-P same as --partial --progress
-i, --itemize-changes output a change-summary for all updates
+ --log-file=FILE output what we're doing to a log file
--log-format=FORMAT output filenames using the specified format
--password-file=FILE read password from FILE
--list-only list the files instead of copying them
--config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
--no-detach do not detach from the parent
--port=PORT listen on alternate port number
+ --log-file=FILE override the "log file" setting
--sockopts=OPTIONS specify custom TCP options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-4, --ipv4 prefer IPv4
you are talking to a recent enough rsync that it logs deletions instead of
outputting them as a verbose message).
+dit(bf(--log-file=FILE)) This option causes rsync to log what it is doing
+to a file. This is similar to the logging that a daemon does, but can be
+requested for the client side and/or the server side of a non-daemon
+transfer. If specified as a client option, transfer logging will in effect
+if the bf(--log-format) option was either specified or implied (e.g.
+bf(--verbose) implies a basic log format). If explicitly sent to a server
+via the bf(--rsync-path) option, transfer logging will always occur using
+the default bf(--itemize-changes) format.
+
+Here's a example command that requests the remote side to log what is
+happening:
+
+verb( rsync -av --rsync-path="path --log-file=/tmp/rlog" src/ dest/)
+
+This is very useful if you need to debug why a connection is closing
+unexpectedly.
+
dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) This allows you to specify exactly what the
rsync client outputs to the user on a per-file basis. The format is a text
string containing embedded single-character escape sequences prefixed with
daemon to listen on rather than the default of 873. See also the "port"
global option in the rsyncd.conf manpage.
+dit(bf(--log-file=FILE)) This option tells the rsync daemon to use the
+given log-file name instead of using the "log file" setting in the config
+file.
+
dit(bf(--sockopts)) This overrides the bf(socket options) setting in the
rsyncd.conf file and has the same syntax.