Fixed/improved the comment before safe_name().

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 5fd68f5..635b4cc 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -O, --omit-dir-times        omit directories when preserving times
  -S, --sparse                handle sparse files efficiently
  -n, --dry-run               show what would have been transferred
- -W, --whole-file            copy files whole
+ -W, --whole-file            copy files whole (without rsync algorithm)
      --no-whole-file         always use incremental rsync algorithm
  -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries
  -B, --block-size=SIZE       force a fixed checksum block-size
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
      --stats                 give some file-transfer stats
      --progress              show progress during transfer
  -P                          same as --partial --progress
+ -i, --itemize-changes       output a change-summary for all updates
      --log-format=FORMAT     log file-transfers using specified format
      --password-file=FILE    read password from FILE
      --list-only             list the files instead of copying them
@@ -664,15 +665,6 @@ dit(bf(--ignore-existing))
 This tells rsync not to update files that already exist on
 the destination.
 
-dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
-files or directories. This is useful when mirroring very large trees
-to prevent disasters.
-
-dit(bf(--max-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any
-file that is larger than the specified SIZE. The SIZE value can be
-suffixed with a letter to indicate a size multiplier (K, M, or G) and
-may be a fractional value (e.g. "bf(--max-size=1.5m)").
-
 dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the
 receiving side (ones that aren't on the sending side), but only for the
 directories that are being synchronized.  You must have asked rsync to
@@ -742,6 +734,15 @@ they are not empty when they are to be replaced by non-directories.  This
 is only relevant without bf(--delete) because deletions are now done depth-first.
 Requires the bf(--recursive) option (which is implied by bf(-a)) to have any effect.
 
+dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
+files or directories. This is useful when mirroring very large trees
+to prevent disasters.
+
+dit(bf(--max-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any
+file that is larger than the specified SIZE. The SIZE value can be
+suffixed with a letter to indicate a size multiplier (K, M, or G) and
+may be a fractional value (e.g. "bf(--max-size=1.5m)").
+
 dit(bf(-B, --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This forces the block size used in
 the rsync algorithm to a fixed value.  It is normally selected based on
 the size of each file being updated.  See the technical report for details.
@@ -1011,6 +1012,11 @@ ssh prefers non-blocking I/O.)
 dit(bf(--no-blocking-io)) Turn off bf(--blocking-io), for use when it is the
 default.
 
+dit(bf(-i, --itemize-changes)) Requests a simple itemized list of the
+changes that are being made to each file.  It is equivalent to specifying
+bf(--log-format='%i %n%L').  See the description of these items in the
+rsyncd.conf manpage.
+
 dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) This allows you to specify exactly what the
 rsync client logs to stdout on a per-file basis. The log format is
 specified using the same format conventions as the log format option in