X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/8bb5aa8fe8e4903dac0675279b745debdb888124..654175798bdbdd6403e10c8fa74e8586b3612ea1:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 236aca56..15f62859 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ rsync [options] [user@]host::module[/path] path rsync [options] path [user@]host::module[/path] +rsync [options] rsync://host/module/path path + manpagedescription() rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does, @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ itemize( manpagesection(GENERAL) -There are five different ways of using rsync. They are: +There are six different ways of using rsync. They are: itemize( it() for copying local files. This is invoked when neither @@ -57,11 +59,16 @@ itemize( it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a :: - separator. + separator. You can also use a rsync:// URL if no username + is required. it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: separator. + + it() for listing files on a remote machine. This is done the + same way as rsync transfers except that you leave off the + local destination. ) Note that in all cases at least one of the source and destination @@ -140,6 +147,9 @@ itemize( it() if you specify no path name on the remote server then the list of accessible paths on the server will be shown. + + it() if you specify no local destination then a listing of the + specified files on the remote server is provided ) Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. If so then @@ -244,6 +254,7 @@ Options --port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number --stats give some file transfer stats --progress show progress during transfer + --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format -h, --help show this help screen ) @@ -392,9 +403,11 @@ Still, it is probably easy to get burnt with this option. The moral of the story is to use the -n option until you get used to the behavior of --delete. -NOTE: It also may delete files on the destination if the sending side -can't open them or stat them. This is a bug that hopefully will be -fixed in a future release. +If the sending side detects any IO errors then the deletion of any +files at the destination will be automatically disabled. This is to +prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors) on the +sending side causing a massive deletion of files on the +destination. dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if they are not empty. This applies to both the --delete option and to @@ -539,6 +552,11 @@ specified. dit(bf(--port PORT)) This specifies an alternate TCP port number to use rather than the default port 873. +dit(bf(--log-format=FORMAT)) Normally rsync just logs filenames as +they are transferred. This allows you to specify exactly what gets +logged on a per file basis. The log format is specified using the same +format conventions as the log format option in rsyncd.conf. + dit(bf(--stats)) This tells rsync to print a verbose set of statistics on the file transfer, allowing you to tell how effective the rsync algorithm is for your data. This option only works in conjunction with