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-manpage(rsync)(1)(14 Oct 2006)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(6 Nov 2006)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-q, --quiet suppress non-error messages
+ --no-motd suppress daemon-mode MOTD (see caveat)
-c, --checksum skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
-a, --archive archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H)
--no-OPTION turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)
from the remote server. This flag is useful when invoking rsync from
cron.
+dit(bf(--no-motd)) This option affects the information that is output
+by the client at the start of a daemon transfer. This suppresses the
+message-of-the-day (MOTD) text, but it also affects the list of modules
+that the daemon sends in response to the "rsync host::" request (due to
+a limitation in the rsync protocol), so omit this option if you want to
+request the list of modules from the deamon.
+
dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are
already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp.
This option turns off this "quick check" behavior, causing all files to
manpagesection(VERSION)
-This man page is current for version 2.6.9pre2 of rsync.
+This man page is current for version 2.6.9 of rsync.
manpagesection(INTERNAL OPTIONS)