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already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp.
This option turns off this "quick check" behavior.
-dit(bf(--size-only)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are
+dit(bf(--size-only)) Normally rsync will not transfer any files that are
already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp. With the
---size-only option files will be skipped if they have the same size,
+--size-only option, files will not be transferred if they have the same size,
regardless of timestamp. This is useful when starting to use rsync
after using another mirroring system which may not preserve timestamps
exactly.
a 128-bit MD4 checksum before transfer. The checksum is then
explicitly checked on the receiver and any files of the same name
which already exist and have the same checksum and size on the
-receiver are skipped. This option can be quite slow.
+receiver are not transferred. This option can be quite slow.
dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick
way of saying you want recursion and want to preserve almost
The exclude list is initialized to:
-quote(RCS/ SCCS/ CVS/ .svn/ CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state
-.nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
-*.a *.o *.obj *.so *.Z *.elc *.ln core)
+quote(RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state
+.nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$ *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej
+.del-* *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe *.Z *.elc *.ln core .svn/)
then files listed in a $HOME/.cvsignore are added to the list and any
-files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (space delimited).
+files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (all cvsignore names
+are delimited by whitespace).
Finally, any file is ignored if it is in the same directory as a
-.cvsignore file and matches one of the patterns listed therein. See
-the bf(cvs(1)) manual for more information.
+.cvsignore file and matches one of the patterns listed therein.
+See the bf(cvs(1)) manual for more information.
dit(bf(--exclude=PATTERN)) This option allows you to selectively exclude
certain files from the list of files to be transferred. This is most
dit(bf(-0, --from0)) This tells rsync that the filenames it reads from a
file are terminated by a null ('\0') character, not a NL, CR, or CR+LF.
This affects --exclude-from, --include-from, and --files-from.
+It does not affect --cvs-exclude (since all names read from a .cvsignore
+file are split on whitespace).
dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a
scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files
linked.
Like bf(--compare-dest) if DIR is a relative path, it is relative
to the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).
+An example:
+
+verb(
+ rsync -av --link-dest=$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
changing how much of the file tree is duplicated on the destination
system). The following examples demonstrate this.
-Let's say that we want to match a source filename that has an absolute
-path of "/home/me/foo/bar", here is how the various command choices can
-differ:
+Let's say that we want to match two source files, one with an absolute
+path of "/home/me/foo/bar", and one with a path of "/home/you/bar/baz".
+Here is how the various command choices differ for a 2-source transfer:
verb(
- Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me /dest
- Source root: /home ("me" is part of transfer)
+ Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me /home/you /dest
+/- 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/ /dest
- Source root: /home/me (due to trailing /)
- +/- pattern: /foo/bar (note missing "me")
+ Example cmd: rsync -a /home/me/ /home/you/ /dest
+ +/- 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/ /dest
- Source root: /home/me
- +/- pattern: /home/me/foo/bar (note full path)
+ Example cmd: rsync -a --relative /home/me/ /home/you /dest
+ +/- 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/ /dest
- Source root: ./me/foo (source is not absolute)
- +/- pattern: /me/foo/bar (only uses specified path)
+ Example cmd: cd /home; rsync -a --relative me/foo you/ /dest
+ +/- pattern: /me/foo/bar (starts at specified path)
+ +/- pattern: /you/bar/baz (ditto)
Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar
+ Target file: /dest/you/bar/baz
)
The easiest way to see what name you should include/exclude is to just
it() if the pattern starts with "+ " (a plus followed by a space)
then it is always considered an include pattern, even if specified as
- part of an exclude option. The "+ " part is discarded before matching.
+ part of an exclude option. The prefix is discarded before matching.
it() if the pattern starts with "- " (a minus followed by a space)
then it is always considered an exclude pattern, even if specified as
- part of an include option. The "- " part is discarded before matching.
+ part of an include option. The prefix is discarded before matching.
it() if the pattern is a single exclamation mark ! then the current
include/exclude list is reset, removing all previously defined patterns.
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 "nobody".
dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the user's
default .cvsignore file.
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