X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/d31c09c87255e53f0ec5c3f305de2969aaa2e1b4..9533e15a7996c5e01fff60a754c39d4fae5461f6:/rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index e278b7a4..5faa561c 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -507,8 +507,13 @@ the source and target are on the local machine.
 dit(bf(--no-whole-file)) Turn off --whole-file, for use when it is the
 default.
 
-dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes rsync to update the remote
-permissions to be the same as the local permissions.
+dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes rsync to set the destination
+permissions to be the same as the source permissions.
+
+Without this option, each new file gets its permissions set based on the
+source file's permissions and the umask at the receiving end, while all
+other files (including updated files) retain their existing permissions
+(which is the same behavior as other file-copy utilities, such as cp).
 
 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,
@@ -913,11 +918,11 @@ itemize(
   it() if the pattern includes a double asterisk "**" then all wildcards in
   the pattern will match slashes, otherwise they will stop at slashes.
 
-  it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) then it
-  is matched against the full filename, including any leading
-  directory. If the pattern doesn't contain a / then it is matched
-  only against the final component of the filename.  Again, remember
-  that the algorithm is applied recursively so "full filename" can 
+  it() if the pattern contains a / (not counting a trailing /) or a "**"
+  then it is matched against the full filename, including any leading
+  directory. If the pattern doesn't contain a / or a "**", then it is
+  matched only against the final component of the filename.  Again,
+  remember that the algorithm is applied recursively so "full filename" can
   actually be any portion of a path.
 
   it() if the pattern starts with "+ " (a plus followed by a space)