X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/1de02c273dd5679685990894b2bb7f5a1f03f591..5303941021034f9b6272d5c1512096e125aece1e:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 7045c308..2a266d74 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org) -manpage(rsync)(1)(14 Oct 2006)()() +manpage(rsync)(1)(6 Nov 2006)()() manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp) manpagesynopsis() @@ -1004,7 +1004,12 @@ using bf(--delete-after), and it used to be non-functional unless the bf(--recursive) option was also enabled. dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM -files or directories (NUM must be non-zero). +files or directories. +Beginning with version 3.0.0, you may specify bf(--max-delete=0) to +be warned about any extraneous files in the destination, but be very +careful to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client, or the +option will be silently ignored. (A 3.0.0 client will die with an +error if the remote rsync is not new enough to handle the situation.) This is useful when mirroring very large trees to prevent disasters. dit(bf(--max-size=SIZE)) This tells rsync to avoid transferring any @@ -2556,7 +2561,7 @@ url(http://rsync.samba.org/)(http://rsync.samba.org/) manpagesection(VERSION) -This man page is current for version 2.6.9pre2 of rsync. +This man page is current for version 2.6.9 of rsync. manpagesection(INTERNAL OPTIONS)