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-manpage(rsync)(1)(7 Dec 1998)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(9 Feb 1999)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. If so then
you will receive a password prompt when you connect. You can avoid the
password prompt by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to
-the password you want to use. This may be useful when scripting rsync.
+the password you want to use or using the --password-file option. This
+may be useful when scripting rsync.
+
+WARNING: On some systems environment variables are visible to all
+users. On those systems using --password-file is recommended.
manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER)
Options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
+ -q, --quiet decrease verbosity
-c, --checksum always checksum
-a, --archive archive mode
-r, --recursive recurse into directories
--port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number
--stats give some file transfer stats
--progress show progress during transfer
+ --password-file=FILE get password from FILE
--log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format
-h, --help show this help screen
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information at the end. More than two -v flags should only be used if
you are debugging rsync.
+dit(bf(-q, --quiet)) This option decreases the amount of information you
+are given during the transfer, notably suppressing information messages
+from the remote server. This flag is useful when invoking rsync from
+cron.
+
dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are
already the same length and have the same time-stamp. This option turns
off this behavior.
showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user
something to watch.
+dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password
+in a file for accessing a remote rsync server. Note that this option
+is only useful when accessing a rsync server using the built in
+transport, not when using a remote shell as the transport. The file
+must not be world readable.
+
enddit()
manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS)