X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/6902ed178ba54c8e1c410519f7ee576ddb42554c..384958ed3dcd18e8ec7cf2e5a6142812f14229d8:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index d4209ab4..a2f4e6fa 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -334,8 +334,13 @@ 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 @@ -488,7 +493,7 @@ 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