quote(rsync *.c foo:src/)
-this would transfer all files matching the pattern *.c from the
+This would transfer all files matching the pattern *.c from the
current directory to the directory src on the machine foo. If any of
the files already exist on the remote system then the rsync
remote-update protocol is used to update the file by sending only the
quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar /data/tmp)
-this would recursively transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
+This would recursively transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
machine foo into the /data/tmp/bar directory on the local machine. The
files are transferred in "archive" mode, which ensures that symbolic
links, devices, attributes, permissions, ownerships etc are preserved
quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar/ /data/tmp)
-a trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to transfer
-all files from the directory src/bar on the machine foo into the
-/data/tmp/. A trailing / on a source name means "copy the
-contents of this directory". Without a trailing slash it means "copy
-the directory". This difference becomes particularly important when
-using the --delete option.
+A trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to avoid creating an
+additional directory level at the destination. You can think of a trailing
+/ on a source as meaning "copy the contents of this directory" as opposed
+to "copy the directory by name", but in both cases the attributes of the
+containing directory are transferred to the containing directory on the
+destination. In other words, each of the following commands copies the
+files in the same way, including their setting of the attributes of
+/dest/foo:
+
+quote(rsync -avz /src/foo /dest)
+quote(rsync -avz /src/foo/ /dest/foo)
You can also use rsync in local-only mode, where both the source and
destination don't have a ':' in the name. In this case it behaves like
quote(rsync somehost.mydomain.com::)
-this would list all the anonymous rsync modules available on the host
+This would list all the anonymous rsync modules available on the host
somehost.mydomain.com. (See the following section for more details.)
manpagesection(EXIT VALUES)
startdit()
-dit(bf(RERR_SYNTAX 1)) Syntax or usage error
-dit(bf(RERR_PROTOCOL 2)) Protocol incompatibility
-dit(bf(RERR_FILESELECT 3)) Errors selecting input/output files, dirs
+dit(bf(1)) Syntax or usage error
+dit(bf(2)) Protocol incompatibility
+dit(bf(3)) Errors selecting input/output files, dirs
-dit(bf(RERR_UNSUPPORTED 4)) Requested action not supported: an attempt
+dit(bf(4)) Requested action not supported: an attempt
was made to manipulate 64-bit files on a platform that cannot support
them; or an option was speciifed that is supported by the client and
not by the server.
-dit(bf(RERR_SOCKETIO 10)) Error in socket IO
-dit(bf(RERR_FILEIO 11)) Error in file IO
-dit(bf(RERR_STREAMIO 12)) Error in rsync protocol data stream
-dit(bf(RERR_MESSAGEIO 13)) Errors with program diagnostics
-dit(bf(RERR_IPC 14)) Error in IPC code
-dit(bf(RERR_SIGNAL 20)) Received SIGUSR1 or SIGINT
-dit(bf(RERR_WAITCHILD 21)) Some error returned by waitpid()
-dit(bf(RERR_MALLOC 22)) Error allocating core memory buffers
-dit(bf(RERR_TIMEOUT 30)) Timeout in data send/receive
+dit(bf(5)) Error starting client-server protocol
+dit(bf(10)) Error in socket IO
+dit(bf(11)) Error in file IO
+dit(bf(12)) Error in rsync protocol data stream
+dit(bf(13)) Errors with program diagnostics
+dit(bf(14)) Error in IPC code
+dit(bf(20)) Received SIGUSR1 or SIGINT
+dit(bf(21)) Some error returned by waitpid()
+dit(bf(22)) Error allocating core memory buffers
+dit(bf(23)) Partial transfer
+dit(bf(30)) Timeout in data send/receive
enddit()
manpagesection(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES)
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