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-manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(30 Sep 2004)()()
+manpage(rsyncd.conf)(5)(22 Feb 2005)()()
manpagename(rsyncd.conf)(configuration file for rsync server)
manpagesynopsis()
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
-the log format option.
+used by ftp daemons. The server always logs the transfer at the end, so
+if a transfer is aborted, no mention will be made in the log file.
+
+If you want to customize the log lines, see the "log format" option.
dit(bf(log format)) The "log format" option allows you to specify the
-format used for logging file transfers when transfer logging is
-enabled. The format is a text string containing embedded single
-character escape sequences prefixed with a percent (%) character.
+format used for logging file transfers when transfer logging is enabled.
+The format is a text string containing embedded single-character escape
+sequences prefixed with a percent (%) character.
+
+The default log format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a "%t [%p] "
+is always prefixed when using the "log file" option.
+(A perl script that will summarize this default log format is included
+in the rsync source code distribution in the "support" subdirectory:
+rsyncstats.)
-The prefixes that are understood are:
+The single-character escapes that are understood are as follows:
quote(itemize(
it() %h for the remote host name
it() %a for the remote IP address
it() %l for the length of the file in bytes
it() %p for the process ID of this rsync session
- it() %o for the operation, which is either "send" or "recv"
- it() %f for the filename
+ it() %o for the operation, which is "send", "recv", or "del."
+ it() %f for the filename (long form on sender; no trailing "/")
+ it() %n for the filename (short form; trailing "/" on dir)
+ it() %L either the string " -> SYMLINK" or "" if not a symlink
it() %P for the module path
it() %m for the module name
it() %t for the current date time
it() %b for the number of bytes actually transferred
it() %c when sending files this gives the number of checksum bytes
received for this file
+ it() %i an itemized list of what is being updated
))
-The default log format is "%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l", and a "%t [%p] "
-is always added to the beginning when using the "log file" option.
+For a list of what the characters mean that are output by "%i", see the
+bf(--itemize-changes) option in the rsync manpage.
-A perl script called rsyncstats to summarize this format is included
-in the rsync source code distribution.
+Note that some of the logged output changes when talking with older
+rsync versions. For instance, deleted files were only logged as verbose
+messages prior to protocol 29.
dit(bf(timeout)) The "timeout" option allows you to override the
clients choice for I/O timeout for this module. Using this option you
The reason the above refuses all delete options is that the options imply
bf(--delete), and implied options are refused just like explicit options.
+As an additional safety feature, the refusal of "delete" also refuses
+bf(remove-sent-files) when the daemon is the sender; if you want the latter
+without the former, instead refuse "delete-*" -- that refuses all the
+delete modes without affecting bf(--remove-sent-files).
When an option is refused, the server prints an error message and exits.
To prevent all compression, you can use "dont compress = *" (see below)