rsync [options] path [user@]host::module[/path]
+rsync [options] rsync://host/module/path path
+
manpagedescription()
rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does,
manpagesection(GENERAL)
-There are five different ways of using rsync. They are:
+There are six different ways of using rsync. They are:
itemize(
it() for copying local files. This is invoked when neither
it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local
machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a ::
- separator.
+ separator. You can also use a rsync:// URL if no username
+ is required.
it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync
server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a ::
separator.
+
+ it() for listing files on a remote machine. This is done the
+ same way as rsync transfers except that you leave off the
+ local destination.
)
Note that in all cases at least one of the source and destination
--port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number
--stats give some file transfer stats
--progress show progress during transfer
+ --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format
-h, --help show this help screen
)
of the story is to use the -n option until you get used to the
behavior of --delete.
-NOTE: It also may delete files on the destination if the sending side
-can't open them or stat them. This is a bug that hopefully will be
-fixed in a future release.
+If the sending side detects any IO errors then the deletion of any
+files at the destination will be automatically disabled. This is to
+prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors) on the
+sending side causing a massive deletion of files on the
+destination.
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
dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use
rather than the default port 873.
+dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) Normally rsync just logs filenames as
+they are transferred. This allows you to specify exactly what gets
+logged on a per file basis. The log format is specified using the same
+format conventions as the log format option in rsyncd.conf.
+
dit(bf(--stats)) This tells rsync to print a verbose set of statistics
on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync
algorithm is for your data. This option only works in conjunction with