mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(1 Dec 1998)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(7 Jan 1999)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
password prompt by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to
the password you want to use. This may be useful when scripting rsync.
+WARNING: On some systems environment variables are visible to all
+users.
+
manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER)
An rsync server is configured using a config file which by default is
only against the final component of the filename.
it() if the pattern starts with "+ " (a plus followed by a space)
- then it is always considered a include pattern, even if specified as
+ then it is always considered an include pattern, even if specified as
part of an exclude option. The "+ " part is discarded before matching.
it() if the pattern starts with "- " (a minus followed by a space)
- then it is always considered a exclude pattern, even if specified as
+ then it is always considered an exclude pattern, even if specified as
part of an include option. The "- " part is discarded before matching.
it() if the pattern is a single exclamation mark ! then the current
)
then look at out.dat. If everything is working correctly then out.dat
-should be a zero length file. You you are getting the above error from
+should be a zero length file. If you are getting the above error from
rsync then you will probably find that out.dat contains some text or
data. Look at the contents and try to work out what is producing
it. The most common cause is incorrectly configured shell startup