added --existing option, similar to one suggested by Gildas Quiniou <gildas@stip.fr>

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsyncd.conf.yo

diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
index 7b7c8d6..3f6e01e 100644 (file)
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ and a single line something like this to /etc/inetd.conf:
     
 quote(rsync   stream  tcp     nowait  root   /usr/bin/rsync rsyncd --daemon)
 
-You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to reread its
-config file.
+Replace "/usr/bin/rsync" with the path to where you have rsync installed on
+your system.  You will then need to send inetd a HUP signal to tell it to
+reread its config file.
 
 Note that you should not send the rsync server a HUP signal to force
 it to reread the tt(/etc/rsyncd.conf). The file is re-read on each client
@@ -273,6 +274,14 @@ rejected. See the "hosts allow" option for more information.
 
 The default is no "hosts deny" option, which means all hosts can connect.
 
+dit(bf(ignore errors)) The "ignore errors" option tells rsyncd to
+ignore IO errors on the server when deciding whether to run the delete
+phase of the transfer. Normally rsync skips the --delete step if any
+IO errors have occurred in order to prevent disasterous deletion due
+to a temporary resource shortage or other IO error. In some cases this
+test is counter productive so you can use this option to turn off this
+behaviour. 
+
 dit(bf(transfer logging)) The "transfer logging" option enables per-file 
 logging of downloads and uploads in a format somewhat similar to that
 used by ftp daemons. If you want to customize the log formats look at