X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/66203a982b3d249bafda9b9272c4c103c19e4a9b..5f7ce2041c2a3514c6c1bad903c8dffb9bca2467:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 90406aec..f7e7b25b 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -319,12 +319,9 @@ 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 -rlptg. It is a quick way +dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick way of saying you want recursion and want to preserve everything. -Note: if the user launching rsync is root then the -o (preserve -uid) and -D (preserve devices) options are also implied. - dit(bf(-r, --recursive)) This tells rsync to copy directories recursively. If you don't specify this then rsync won't copy directories at all. @@ -642,7 +639,8 @@ dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password in a file for accessing a remote rsync server. Note that this option is only useful when accessing a rsync server using the built in transport, not when using a remote shell as the transport. The file -must not be world readable. +must not be world readable. It should contain just the password as a +single line. enddit() @@ -701,7 +699,7 @@ itemize( The +/- rules are most useful in exclude lists, allowing you to have a single exclude list that contains both include and exclude options. -Here are some examples: +Here are some exclude/include examples: itemize( it() --exclude "*.o" would exclude all filenames matching *.o