rsync [options] path path
-rsync [options] [user@]host::path path
+rsync [options] [user@]host::module[/path] path
-rsync [options] path [user@]host::path
+rsync [options] path [user@]host::module[/path]
manpagedescription()
dit(bf(-S, --sparse)) Try to handle sparse files efficiently so they take
up less space on the destination.
+NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs"
+filesystem. It doesn't seem to handle seeks over null regions
+correctly and ends up corrupting the files.
+
dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem
boundaries when recursing. This is useful for transferring the
contents of only one filesystem.
directories and C source files.
)
+manpagesection(DIAGNOSTICS)
+
+rsync occasinally produces error messages that may seem a little
+cryptic. The one that seems to cause the most confusion is "protocol
+version mismatch - is your shell clean?".
+
+This message is usually caused by your startup scripts or remote shell
+facility producing unwanted garbage on the stream that rsync is using
+for its transport. The way ot diagnose this problem is to run your
+remote shell like this:
+
+verb(
+ rsh remotehost /bin/true > out.dat
+)
+
+then look at out.dat. If everything is working correctly then out.dat
+should be a zero length file. You you are getting the above error from
+rsync then you will probably find that out.dat contains some text or
+data. Look at the contents and try to work out what is producing
+it. The most common cause is incorrectly configued shell startup
+scripts (such as .cshrc or .profile) that contain output statements
+for non-interactive logins.
+
manpagesection(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES)
startdit()