X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/bef493404517020b3c863c90d5d26f50bbf0bc74..09021eabb53aec92237116d57d3e2b4246ef8f86:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 9df6b6f4..6751ea27 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST] +rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST + manpagedescription() rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does, @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ itemize( it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: - separator. + separator or a rsync:// URL. it() for copying from a remote machine using a remote shell program as the transport, using rsync server on the remote @@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ that: itemize( it() you use a double colon :: instead of a single colon to - separate the hostname from the path. + separate the hostname from the path or a rsync:// URL. it() the remote server may print a message of the day when you connect. @@ -580,7 +582,8 @@ If this option is used with bf([user@]host::module/path), then the remote shell em(COMMMAND) will be used to run an rsync server on the remote host, and all data will be transmitted through that remote shell connection, rather than through a direct socket connection to a -running rsync server on the remote host. +running rsync server on the remote host. See the section "CONNECTING +TO AN RSYNC SERVER OVER A REMOTE SHELL PROGRAM" above. Command-line arguments are permitted in COMMAND provided that COMMAND is presented to rsync as a single argument. For example: