mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org)
-manpage(rsync)(1)(28 Mar 2005)()()
+manpage(rsync)(1)(30 Mar 2005)()()
manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp)
manpagesynopsis()
tt(rsync -av /src/foo/ /dest/foo)nl()
)
+Note also that host and module references don't require a trailing slash to
+copy the contents of the default directory. For example, both of these
+copy the remote directory's contents into "/dest":
+
+quote(
+tt(rsync -av host: /dest)nl()
+tt(rsync -av host::module /dest)nl()
+)
+
You can also use rsync in local-only mode, where both the source and
destination don't have a ':' in the name. In this case it behaves like
an improved copy command.
--files-from=FILE read list of source-file names from FILE
-0, --from0 all *from file lists are delimited by nulls
--version print version number
+ --address=ADDRESS bind address for outgoing socket to daemon
--port=PORT specify double-colon alternate port number
--blocking-io use blocking I/O for the remote shell
--no-blocking-io turn off blocking I/O when it is default
--list-only list the files instead of copying them
--bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second
--write-batch=FILE write a batched update to FILE
+ --only-write-batch=FILE like --write-batch but w/o updating dest
--read-batch=FILE read a batched update from FILE
--protocol=NUM force an older protocol version to be used
--checksum-seed=NUM set block/file checksum seed (advanced)
dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes rsync to set the destination
permissions to be the same as the source permissions.
-Without this option, each new file gets its permissions set based on the
-source file's permissions and the umask at the receiving end, while all
-other files (including updated files) retain their existing permissions
+Without this option, all existing files (including updated files) retain
+their existing permissions, while each new file gets its permissions set
+based on the source file's permissions, but masked by the receiving end's
+umask setting
(which is the same behavior as other file-copy utilities, such as cp).
dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to set the owner of the
timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time
then rsync will exit. The default is 0, which means no timeout.
+dit(bf(--address)) By default rsync will bind to the wildcard address when
+connecting to an rsync daemon. The bf(--address) option allows you to
+specify a specific IP address (or hostname) to bind to. See also this
+option in the bf(--daemon) mode section.
+
dit(bf(--port=PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use
rather than the default of 873. This is only needed if you are using the
double-colon (::) syntax to connect with an rsync daemon (since the URL
(sent).
it() A bf(>) means that a file is being transferred to the local host
(received).
- it() A bf(c) means that a local change/creation is occuring for the item
+ it() A bf(c) means that a local change/creation is occurring for the item
(such as the creation of a directory or the changing of a symlink, etc.).
it() A bf(h) means that the item is a hard-link to another item (requires
bf(--hard-links)).
quote(itemize(
it() A bf(c) means the checksum of the file is different and will be
- updated by the file transfer (requries bf(--checksum)).
+ updated by the file transfer (requires bf(--checksum)).
it() A bf(s) means the size of the file is different and will be updated
by the file transfer.
it() A bf(t) means the modification time is different and is being updated
dit(bf(--write-batch=FILE)) Record a file that can later be applied to
another identical destination with bf(--read-batch). See the "BATCH MODE"
-section for details.
+section for details, and also the bf(--only-write-batch) option.
+
+dit(bf(--only-write-batch=FILE)) Works like bf(--write-batch), except that
+no updates are made on the destination system when creating the batch.
+This lets you transport the changes to the destination system via some
+other means and then apply the changes via bf(--read-batch).
+
+Note that you can feel free to write the batch directly to some portable
+media: if this media fills to capacity before the end of the transfer, you
+can just apply that partial transfer to the destination and repeat the
+whole process to get the rest of the changes (as long as you don't mind a
+partially updated destination system while the multi-update cycle is
+happening).
+
+Also note that you only save bandwidth when pushing changes to a remote
+system because this allows the batched data to be diverted from the sender
+into the batch file without having to flow over the wire to the receiver
+(when pulling, the sender is remote, and thus can't write the batch).
dit(bf(--read-batch=FILE)) Apply all of the changes stored in FILE, a
file previously generated by bf(--write-batch).
requests accordingly. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more
details.
-dit(bf(--address)) By default rsync will bind to the wildcard address
-when run as a daemon with the bf(--daemon) option or when connecting to a
-rsync server. The bf(--address) option allows you to specify a specific IP
-address (or hostname) to bind to. This makes virtual hosting possible
-in conjunction with the bf(--config) option. See also the "address" global
-option in the rsyncd.conf manpage.
+dit(bf(--address)) By default rsync will bind to the wildcard address when
+run as a daemon with the bf(--daemon) option. The bf(--address) option
+allows you to specify a specific IP address (or hostname) to bind to. This
+makes virtual hosting possible in conjunction with the bf(--config) option.
+See also the "address" global option in the rsyncd.conf manpage.
dit(bf(--bwlimit=KBPS)) This option allows you to specify a maximum
transfer rate in kilobytes per second for the data the daemon sends.
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