linked.
Like bf(--compare-dest) if DIR is a relative path, it is relative
to the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).
+An example:
+
+verb(
+ rsync -av --link-dest=$PWD/prior_dir host:src_dir/ new_dir/
+)
dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
the files that it sends to the destination machine. This
verb(
Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me /home/you /dest
- Source root: /home (me & you are part of transfer)
+/- pattern: /me/foo/bar
+/- pattern: /you/bar/baz
Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar
Target file: /dest/you/bar/baz
Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me/ /home/you/ /dest
- Source root: /home/me (due to trailing /)
- Source root: /home/you (ditto)
+/- pattern: /foo/bar (note missing "me")
+/- pattern: /bar/baz (note missing "you")
Target file: /dest/foo/bar
Target file: /dest/bar/baz
Example cmd: rsync -a --relative /home/me/ /home/you /dest
- Source root: /
+/- pattern: /home/me/foo/bar (note full path)
+/- pattern: /home/you/bar/baz (ditto)
Target file: /dest/home/me/foo/bar
Target file: /dest/home/you/bar/baz
Example cmd: cd /home; rsync -a --relative me/foo you/ /dest
- Source root: /home
+/- pattern: /me/foo/bar (starts at specified path)
+/- pattern: /you/bar/baz (ditto)
Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar
dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables
are used to determine the default username sent to an rsync server.
-If neither is set, the username defaults to "guest".
+If neither is set, the username defaults to "nobody".
dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the user's
default .cvsignore file.