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devices. This option is only available to the super-user.
dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along
-with the files and update them on the remote system
+with the files and update them on the remote system. Note that if this
+option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not been
+modified cannot be effective; in other words, a missing -t or -a will
+cause the next transfer to behave as if it used -I, and all files will have
+their checksums compared and show up in log messages even if they haven't
+changed.
dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers,
instead it will just report the actions it would have taken.
transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to a new destination while
leaving existing files intact, and then doing a flash-cutover when all
files have been successfully transfered (for example by moving directories
-around and removing the old directory). This option increases the
-usefulness of --partial because partially transferred files will remain in
-the new temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed.
-If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory.
+around and removing the old directory, although this requires also doing
+the transfer with -I to avoid skipping files that haven't changed). This
+option increases the usefulness of --partial because partially transferred
+files will remain in the new temporary destination until they have a chance
+to be completed. If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the
+destination directory.
dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
the source file(s) which it sends to the destination machine. This
dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use
rather than the default port 873.
-dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) Normally rsync just logs filenames as
-they are transferred. This allows you to specify exactly what gets
-logged on a per file basis. The log format is specified using the same
-format conventions as the log format option in rsyncd.conf.
+dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) This allows you to specify exactly what the
+rsync client logs to stdout on a per file basis. The log format is
+specified using the same format conventions as the log format option in
+rsyncd.conf.
dit(bf(--stats)) This tells rsync to print a verbose set of statistics
on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync
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