Document --ignore-non-existing (not --existing) and what happens

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index d76d166..90065df 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -B, --block-size=SIZE       force a fixed checksum block-size
  -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify the remote shell to use
      --rsync-path=PROGRAM    specify the rsync to run on remote machine
  -B, --block-size=SIZE       force a fixed checksum block-size
  -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify the remote shell to use
      --rsync-path=PROGRAM    specify the rsync to run on remote machine

-     --existing              only update files that already exist

      --ignore-existing       ignore files that already exist on receiver
      --ignore-existing       ignore files that already exist on receiver

+     --ignore-non-existing   ignore files that don't exist on receiver

      --remove-sent-files     sent files/symlinks are removed from sender
      --del                   an alias for --delete-during
      --delete                delete files that don't exist on sender
      --remove-sent-files     sent files/symlinks are removed from sender
      --del                   an alias for --delete-during
      --delete                delete files that don't exist on sender


@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
      --force                 force deletion of dirs even if not empty
      --max-delete=NUM        don't delete more than NUM files
      --max-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file larger than SIZE
      --force                 force deletion of dirs even if not empty
      --max-delete=NUM        don't delete more than NUM files
      --max-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file larger than SIZE

+     --min-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE

      --partial               keep partially transferred files
      --partial-dir=DIR       put a partially transferred file into DIR
      --delay-updates         put all updated files into place at end
      --partial               keep partially transferred files
      --partial-dir=DIR       put a partially transferred file into DIR
      --delay-updates         put all updated files into place at end


@@ -710,12 +711,15 @@ dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem
 boundaries  when recursing.  This  is useful for transferring the
 contents of only one filesystem.
 
 boundaries  when recursing.  This  is useful for transferring the
 contents of only one filesystem.
 

-dit(bf(--existing)) This tells rsync not to create any new files --
-only update files that already exist on the destination.
+dit(bf(--ignore-existing)) This tells rsync to skip updating files that
+already exist on the destination.  See also bf(--ignore-non-existing).

 
 

-dit(bf(--ignore-existing))
-This tells rsync not to update files that already exist on
-the destination.
+dit(bf(--ignore-non-existing)) This tells rsync to skip updating files that
+do not exist yet on the destination.  If this option is combined with the
+bf(--ignore-existing) option, no files will be updated (which can be useful
+if all you want to do is to delete missing files).  Note that in older
+versions of rsync, this option was named bf(--existing), so this older
+name is still accepted as an alias.

 
 dit(bf(--remove-sent-files)) This tells rsync to remove from the sending
 side the files and/or symlinks that are newly created or whose content is
 
 dit(bf(--remove-sent-files)) This tells rsync to remove from the sending
 side the files and/or symlinks that are newly created or whose content is


@@ -812,6 +816,11 @@ be offset by one byte in the indicated direction.
 Examples: --max-size=1.5mt-1 is 1499999 bytes, and --max-size=2g+1 is
 2147483649 bytes.
 
 Examples: --max-size=1.5mt-1 is 1499999 bytes, and --max-size=2g+1 is
 2147483649 bytes.
 

+dit(bf(--min-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any
+file that is smaller than the specified SIZE, which can help in not
+transferring small, junk files.
+See the bf(--max-size) option for a description of SIZE.
+

 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(-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.