X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/100e5241b067bdc54457f5b6b28d8a1bcdedcf05..de2fd20eb70ed8877e3d7b7bd25082e70fb4e582:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index ee49a049..4a8fe045 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ dit(bf(--csum-length LENGTH)) By default the primary checksum used in rsync is a very strong 16 byte MD4 checksum. In most cases you will find that a truncated version of this checksum is quite efficient, and this will decrease the size of the checksum data sent over the link, -making things faster. +making things faster. You can choose the number of bytes in the truncated checksum using the --csum-length option. Any value less than or equal to 16 is valid. @@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ with an incorrect target file. The risk with a value of 16 is microscopic and can be safely ignored (the universe will probably end before it fails) but with smaller values the risk is higher. +Current versions of rsync actually use an adaptive algorithm for the +checksum length by default, using a 16 byte file checksum to determine +if a 2nd pass is required with a longer block checksum. Only use this +option if you have read the source code and know what you are doing. + dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir DIR)) This options instructs rsync to use DIR as a scratch directory when creating a temporary copies of the files transferred on the receiving side. The default behavior is to create @@ -425,9 +430,9 @@ option is not specified. If a user or group name does not exist on the destination system then the numeric id from the source system is used instead. -dit(bf(--timeout)) This option allows you to set a maximum IO timeout in -seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time then rsync -will exit. The default is 0, which means no timeout. +dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum IO +timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time +then rsync will exit. The default is 0, which means no timeout. dit(bf(--daemon)) This tells rsync that it is to run as a rsync daemon. If standard input is a socket then rsync will assume that it @@ -493,6 +498,9 @@ itemize( it() if the pattern starts with "- " (a minus followed by a space) then it is always considered a exclude pattern, even if specified as part of an include option. The "- " part is discarded before matching. + + it() if the pattern is a single exclamation mark ! then the current + exclude list is reset, removing all previous exclude patterns. ) The +/- rules are most useful in exclude lists, allowing you to have a @@ -508,6 +516,31 @@ itemize( directories and C source files. ) +manpagesection(ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES) + +startdit() + +dit(bf(CVSIGNORE)) The CVSIGNORE environment variable supplements any +ignore patterns in .cvsignore files. See the --cvs-exclude option for +more details. + +dit(bf(RSYNC_RSH)) The RSYNC_RSH environment variable allows you to +override the default shell used as the transport for rsync. This can +be used instead of the -e option. + +dit(bf(RSYNC_PASSWORD)) Setting RSYNC_PASSWORD to the required +password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to a rsync +daemon without user intervention. Note that this does not supply a +password to a shell transport such as ssh. + +dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables +are used to determine the default username sent to a rsync server. + +dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the users +default .cvsignore file. + +enddit() + manpagefiles() /etc/rsyncd.conf