-W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks
--no-whole-file turn off --whole-file
-x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
- -B, --block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size (default 700)
+ -B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell
--rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine
--existing only update files that already exist
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--max-delete=NUM don't delete more than NUM files
--partial keep partially transferred files
+ --partial-dir=DIR put a partially transferred file into DIR
--force force deletion of dirs even if not empty
--numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
--timeout=TIME set I/O timeout in seconds
symlink on the destination.
dit(bf(-L, --copy-links)) When symlinks are encountered, the file that
-they point to (the referent) is copied, rather than the symlink.
+they point to (the referent) is copied, rather than the symlink. In older
+versions of rsync, this option also had the side-effect of telling the
+receiving side to follow symlinks, such as symlinks to directories. In a
+modern rsync such as this one, you'll need to specify --keep-dirlinks (-K)
+to get this extra behavior. The only exception is when sending files to
+an rsync that is too old to understand -K -- in that case, the -L option
+will still have the side-effect of -K on that older receiving rsync.
dit(bf(--copy-unsafe-links)) This tells rsync to copy the referent of
symbolic links that point outside the copied tree. Absolute symlinks
is only relevant without --delete because deletions are now done depth-first.
Requires the --recursive option (which is implied by -a) to have any effect.
-dit(bf(-B, --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in
-the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details.
+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.
dit(bf(-e, --rsh=COMMAND)) This option allows you to choose an alternative
remote shell program to use for communication between the local and
--partial option tells rsync to keep the partial file which should
make a subsequent transfer of the rest of the file much faster.
+dit(bf(--partial-dir=DIR)) Turns on --partial mode, but tells rsync to
+put a partially transferred file into DIR instead of writing out the
+file to the destination dir. Rsync will also use a file found in this
+dir as data to speed up the transfer (i.e. when you redo the send after
+rsync creates a partial file) and delete such a file after it has served
+its purpose.
+
+Rsync will create the dir if it is missing (just the last dir -- not the
+whole path). This makes it easy to use a relative path (such as
+"--partial-dir=.rsync-partial") to have rsync create the partial-directory
+in the destination file's directory (rsync will also try to remove the DIR
+if a partial file was found to exist at the start of the transfer and the
+DIR was specified as a relative path).
+
+If you are deleting files on the destination and your partial-dir is
+inside the destination hierarchy, make sure you specify an exclude to
+prevent the partial file from being deleted (it could get deleted at the
+end of the transfer when using --delete-after, or at the beginning of the
+transfer when using --delete). E.g. "--exclude=.rsync-partial/".
+
+IMPORTANT: the --partial-dir should not be writable by other users to
+avoid a security risk. E.g. AVOID "/tmp".
+
dit(bf(--progress)) This option tells rsync to print information
showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user
something to watch.
Matt McCutchen's Web Site / rsync / rsync.git / blobdiff