to the detailed description below for a complete description.
verb(
+Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [USER@]HOST:DEST
+ or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST
+ or rsync [OPTION]... SRC DEST
+ or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC DEST
+ or rsync [OPTION]... SRC [USER@]HOST::DEST
+
+Options
-v, --verbose increase verbosity
-c, --checksum always checksum
-a, --archive archive mode
-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)
-l, --links preserve soft links
-L, --copy-links treat soft links like regular files
+ --safe-links ignore links outside the destination tree
-H, --hard-links preserve hard links
-p, --perms preserve permissions
-o, --owner preserve owner (root only)
--config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
--port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number
--stats give some file transfer stats
+ --progress show progress during transfer
-h, --help show this help screen
)
dit(bf(-L, --copy-links)) This tells rsync to treat symbolic links just
like ordinary files.
+dit(bf(--safe-links)) This tells rsync to ignore any symbolic links
+which point outside the destination tree. All absolute symlinks are
+also ignored. Using this option in conjunction with --relative may
+give unexpecetd results.
+
dit(bf(-H, --hard-links)) This tells rsync to recreate hard links on
the remote system to be the same as the local system. Without this
option hard links are treated like regular files.
algorithm is for your data. This option only works in conjunction with
the -v (verbose) option.
+dit(bf(--progress)) This option tells rsync to print information
+showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user
+something to watch.
+
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