X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/b5accabaa7100b85c2da6b5e7fe4f267fe79aafa..22d49dc429f18b5cccf0f237dfd95cceb0b48367:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 1c3ddefa..70d86c8d 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ itemize( it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a :: - separator or a rsync:// URL. + separator or an rsync:// URL. it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: - separator or a rsync:// URL. + separator or an rsync:// URL. it() for copying from a remote machine using a remote shell program as the transport, using rsync server on the remote @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ that: itemize( it() you use a double colon :: instead of a single colon to - separate the hostname from the path or a rsync:// URL. + separate the hostname from the path or an rsync:// URL. it() the remote server may print a message of the day when you connect. @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ verb( --files-from=FILE read FILE for list of source-file names -0 --from0 all file lists are delimited by nulls --version print version number - --daemon run as a rsync daemon + --daemon run as an rsync daemon --no-detach do not detach from the parent --address=ADDRESS bind to the specified address --config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file @@ -512,15 +512,16 @@ other files (including updated files) retain their existing permissions dit(bf(-o, --owner)) This option causes rsync to set the owner of the destination file to be the same as the source file. On most systems, -only the super-user can set file ownership. Note that if the remote system -is a daemon using chroot, the --numeric-ids option is implied because the -remote system cannot get access to the usernames from /etc/passwd. +only the super-user can set file ownership. By default, the preservation +is done by name, but may fall back to using the ID number in some +circumstances. See the --numeric-ids option for a full discussion. dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to set the group of the destination file to be the same as the source file. If the receiving program is not running as the super-user, only groups that the -receiver is a member of will be preserved (by group name, not group ID -number). +receiver is a member of will be preserved. By default, the preservation +is done by name, but may fall back to using the ID number in some +circumstances. See the --numeric-ids option for a full discussion. dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and block device information to the remote system to recreate these @@ -651,8 +652,7 @@ useful in combination with a recursive transfer. You may use as many --exclude options on the command line as you like to build up the list of files to exclude. -See the EXCLUDE PATTERNS section for information on the syntax of -this option. +See the EXCLUDE PATTERNS section for detailed information on this option. dit(bf(--exclude-from=FILE)) This option is similar to the --exclude option, but instead it adds all exclude patterns listed in the file @@ -664,8 +664,7 @@ dit(bf(--include=PATTERN)) This option tells rsync to not exclude the specified pattern of filenames. This is useful as it allows you to build up quite complex exclude/include rules. -See the EXCLUDE PATTERNS section for information on the syntax of -this option. +See the EXCLUDE PATTERNS section for detailed information on this option. dit(bf(--include-from=FILE)) This specifies a list of include patterns from a file. @@ -756,9 +755,12 @@ what ownership to give files. The special uid 0 and the special group 0 are never mapped via user/group names even if the --numeric-ids option is not specified. -If the source system is a daemon using chroot, or if a user or group -name does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric ID -from the source system is used instead. +If a user or group has no name on the source system or it has no match +on the destination system, then the numeric ID +from the source system is used instead. See also the comments on the +"use chroot" setting in the rsyncd.conf manpage for information on how +the chroot setting affects rsync's ability to look up the names of the +users and groups and what you can do about it. dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum I/O timeout in seconds. If no data is transferred for the specified time @@ -857,7 +859,7 @@ option to make it easier. 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 +is only useful when accessing an rsync server using the built in transport, not when using a remote shell as the transport. The file must not be world readable. It should contain just the password as a single line. @@ -1160,12 +1162,12 @@ redirect your rsync client to use a web proxy when connecting to a rsync daemon. You should set RSYNC_PROXY to a hostname:port pair. dit(bf(RSYNC_PASSWORD)) Setting RSYNC_PASSWORD to the required -password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to a rsync +password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to an rsync daemon without user intervention. Note that this does not supply a password to a shell transport such as ssh. dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables -are used to determine the default username sent to a rsync server. +are used to determine the default username sent to an rsync server. dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the user's default .cvsignore file.