X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/089e73f8d690a819cd79d26cfc711af78d916478..23bf32f767246a88d0689c05c9a45d92f3931634:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 9da7023d..0bb19448 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org) -manpage(rsync)(1)(3 Mar 2001)()() +manpage(rsync)(1)(29 May 2001)()() manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp) manpagesynopsis() @@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ verb( --include-from=FILE don't exclude patterns listed in FILE --version print version number --daemon run as a rsync daemon - --address bind to the specified address + --no-detach do not detach from the parent + --address=ADDRESS bind to the specified address --config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file --port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number --blocking-io use blocking IO for the remote shell @@ -276,7 +277,11 @@ verb( --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format --password-file=FILE get password from FILE --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second + -f, --read-batch=FILE read batch file + -F, --write-batch write batch file -h, --help show this help screen + + ) manpageoptions() @@ -330,8 +335,13 @@ 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. -dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick way -of saying you want recursion and want to preserve everything. +dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick +way of saying you want recursion and want to preserve almost +everything. + +Note however that bf(-a) bf(does not preserve hardlinks), because +finding multiply-linked files is expensive. You must separately +specify bf(-H). dit(bf(-r, --recursive)) This tells rsync to copy directories recursively. If you don't specify this then rsync won't copy @@ -395,8 +405,11 @@ are in the list of files being sent. This option can be quite slow, so only use it if you need it. dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the incremental rsync algorithm -is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. This may be -useful when using rsync with a local machine. +is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be +faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and +target machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the +"disk" is actually a networked file system). This is the default when both +the source and target are on the local machine. dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes rsync to update the remote permissions to be the same as the local permissions. @@ -481,7 +494,7 @@ contains a directory of the same name. Since this option was added, deletions were reordered to be done depth-first so it is hardly ever needed anymore except in very obscure cases. -dit(bf(-B , --block_size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in +dit(bf(-B , --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details. dit(bf(-e, --rsh=COMMAND)) This option allows you to choose an alternative @@ -612,6 +625,15 @@ config file (/etc/rsyncd.conf) on each connect made by a client and respond to requests accordingly. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more details. +dit(bf(--no-detach)) When running as a daemon, this option instructs +rsync to not detach itself and become a background process. This +option is required when running as a service on Cygwin, and may also +be useful when rsync is supervised by a program such as +bf(daemontools) or AIX's bf(System Resource Controller). +bf(--no-detach) is also recommended when rsync is run under a +debugger. This option has no effect if rsync is run from inetd or +sshd. + dit(bf(--address)) By default rsync will bind to the wildcard address when run as a daemon with the --daemon option or when connecting to a rsync server. The --address option allows you to specify a specific IP @@ -672,6 +694,11 @@ transfer was too fast, it will wait before sending the next data block. The result is an average transfer rate equalling the specified limit. A value of zero specifies no limit. +dit(bf(--read-batch)) Apply a previously generated change batch. + +dit(bf(--write-batch)) Generate a set of files that can be transferred +as a batch update. + enddit() manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS) @@ -762,6 +789,29 @@ itemize( it would be excluded by the "*") ) +manpagesection(BATCH MODE) + +The following call generates 4 files that encapsulate the information +for synchronizing the contents of bf(target_dir) with the updates found in +bf(src_dir) + +quote( +$ rsync -F [other rsync options here] \nl() + /somewhere/src_dir /somewhere/target_dir +) + +The generated files are labeled with a common timestamp: + +itemize( +it() bf(rsync_argvs.) command-line arguments +it() bf(rsync_flist.) rsync internal file metadata +it() bf(rsync_csums.) rsync checksums +it() bf(rsync_delta.) data blocks for file update & change +) + +See bf(http://www.ils.unc.edu/i2dsi/unc_rsync+.html) for papers and technical +reports. + manpagesection(DIAGNOSTICS) rsync occasionally produces error messages that may seem a little