--devices preserve device files (super-user only)
--specials preserve special files
-D same as --devices --specials
- -t, --times preserve times
- -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times
+ -t, --times preserve modification times
+ -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times
--super receiver attempts super-user activities
--fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
dit(bf(-u, --update)) This forces rsync to skip any files which exist on
the destination and have a modified time that is newer than the source
-file. (If an existing destination file has a modify time equal to the
+file. (If an existing destination file has a modification time equal to the
source file's, it will be updated if the sizes are different.)
In the current implementation of bf(--update), a difference of file format
by the file transfer.
it() A bf(t) means the modification time is different and is being updated
to the sender's value (requires bf(--times)). An alternate value of bf(T)
- means that the time will be set to the transfer time, which happens
+ means that the modification time will be set to the transfer time, which happens
anytime a symlink is transferred, or when a regular file or device is
transferred without bf(--times).
it() A bf(p) means the permissions are different and are being updated to