X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/3bd9f51917ed5718275c6132006be155239a0550..73b9b90a0b548d1177d2bf004c800ae6d9926a1f:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 5c11d956..838d9688 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -943,7 +943,8 @@ destination exactly matches that on the source. Cases in which the destination may end up with extra hard links include the following: quote(itemization( - it() If the destination contains extraneous hard-linked files, rsync will not + it() If the destination contains extraneous hard-links (more linking than + what is present in the source file list), the copying algorithm will not break them explicitly. However, if one or more of the paths have content differences, the normal file-update process will break those extra links (unless you are using the bf(--inplace) option). @@ -1177,10 +1178,6 @@ dit(bf(-S, --sparse)) Try to handle sparse files efficiently so they take up less space on the destination. Conflicts with bf(--inplace) because it's not possible to overwrite data in a sparse fashion. -NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs" -filesystem. It seems to have problems seeking over null regions, -and ends up corrupting the files. - dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This makes rsync perform a trial run that doesn't make any changes (and produces mostly the same output as a real run). It is most commonly used in combination with the bf(-v, --verbose) and/or