added --delete-after option (suggested by Jason)

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 2ebcd66..f0ac90d 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ dit(bf(--delete-excluded)) In addition to deleting the files on the
 receiving side that are not on the sending side, this tells rsync to also
 delete any files on the receiving side that are excluded (see --exclude).
 
+dit(bf(--delete-after)) By default rsync does file deletions before
+transferring files to try to ensure that there is sufficient space on
+the receiving filesystem. If you want to delete after transferring
+then use the --delete-after switch.
+
 dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if
 they are not empty.  This applies to both the --delete option and to
 cases where rsync tries to copy a normal file but the destination