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-manpage(rsync)(1)(7 Jan 1999)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(9 Feb 1999)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
Options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
+ -q, --quiet decrease verbosity
-c, --checksum always checksum
-a, --archive archive mode
-r, --recursive recurse into directories
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.
dit(bf(--exclude-from FILE)) This option is similar to the --exclude
option, but instead it adds all filenames listed in the file FILE to
-the exclude list.
+the exclude list. Blank lines in FILE and lines starting with ';' or '#'
+are ignored.
dit(bf(--include pattern)) This option tells rsync to not exclude the
specified pattern of filenames. This is useful as it allows you to