added --existing option, similar to one suggested by Gildas Quiniou <gildas@stip.fr>

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 9007cd0..75d9082 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -216,17 +216,6 @@ Here is a short summary of the options available in rsync. Please refer
 to the detailed description below for a complete description.
 
 verb(
-Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]
-SRC on single-colon remote HOST will be expanded by remote shell
-SRC on server remote HOST may contain shell wildcards or multiple
-  sources separated by space as long as they have same top-level
-
-Options
  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
  -q, --quiet                 decrease verbosity
  -c, --checksum              always checksum
@@ -254,8 +243,10 @@ Options
  -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify rsh replacement
      --rsync-path=PATH       specify path to rsync on the remote machine
  -C, --cvs-exclude           auto ignore files in the same way CVS does
+     --existing              only update files that already exist
      --delete                delete files that don't exist on the sending side
      --delete-excluded       also delete excluded files on the receiving side
+     --delete-after          delete after transferring, not before
      --partial               keep partially transferred files
      --force                 force deletion of directories even if not empty
      --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
@@ -433,6 +424,9 @@ dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem
 boundaries  when recursing.  This  is useful for transferring the
 contents of only one filesystem.
 
+dit(bf(--existing)) This tells rsync not to create any new files -
+only update files that already exist on the destination.
+
 dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete any files on the receiving
 side that aren't on the sending side.   Files that are excluded from
 transfer are excluded from being deleted unless you use --delete-excluded.