Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
Changes since 2.6.6:
+ OUTPUT CHANGES:
+
+ - The itemized output now uses 'S' for a special file instead of
+ clumping them together with the 'D' for devices. The number of
+ characters is also different (to remove an unused field).
+
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a really old bug that caused --checksum (-c) to checksum all the
- Added the --specials option to tell rsync to copy special files (and does
not require root). The --devices option now affects just character and
block devices (which now matches the documentation). The -D option still
- requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still infers -D.
+ requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still implies -D.
- Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new
trailing stars) to match both the dir itself as well as all the
content below the dir (dir/** would not match the dir).
+ - Added the --skip-empty-dirs (-k) option that makes the receiving
+ rsync discard empty chains of directories from the file-list. This
+ makes it much easier to scan a source hierarchy using include,
+ exclude, filter rules, and only end up with the directories needed
+ to hold the resulting files.
+
- If the --itemize-changes (-i) option is repeated, rsync now includes
unchanged files in the itemized output (similar to -vv, but without
all the other verbose messages that can get in the way). Of course,
and is also useful for someone who wants to ensure that errors will
be output if the receiving rsync isn't being run as root.
+ - Added the --sockopts option for those few who want to customize the
+ TCP options used to contact a daemon rsync.
+
- Some minor documentation improvements.
- Updated some diffs in the patches dir.
configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of
the newly patched feature.
+ - The testsuite now sets HOME so that it won't be affecting by a file
+ such as ~/.popt.
Matt McCutchen's Web Site / rsync / rsync.git / blobdiff