X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/eb06fa95e422822e67e986e5e9c3818afbba45bb..3d6feada8a8462c38cc2f70ec5f2fb00eee58f31:/rsync.yo diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index c53aaaf6..3a54b8e9 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org) -manpage(rsync)(1)(14 Dec 2001)()() +manpage(rsync)(1)(25 Jan 2002)()() manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp) manpagesynopsis() @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ verb( --rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine -C, --cvs-exclude auto ignore files in the same way CVS does --existing only update files that already exist + --ignore-existing ignore files that already exist on the receiving side --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side --delete-excluded also delete excluded files on the receiving side --delete-after delete after transferring, not before @@ -277,8 +278,8 @@ verb( --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format --password-file=FILE get password from FILE --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second - -f, --read-batch=FILE read batch file - -F, --write-batch write batch file + --read-batch=FILE read batch file + --write-batch write batch file -h, --help show this help screen @@ -452,6 +453,10 @@ contents of only one filesystem. dit(bf(--existing)) This tells rsync not to create any new files - only update files that already exist on the destination. +dit(bf(--ignore-existing)) +This tells rsync not to update files that already exist on +the destination. + dit(bf(--max-delete=NUM)) This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM files or directories. This is useful when mirroring very large trees to prevent disasters. @@ -793,12 +798,15 @@ itemize( manpagesection(BATCH MODE) +bf(Note:) Batch mode should be considered experimental in this version +of rsync. The interface or behaviour may change before it stabilizes. + The following call generates 4 files that encapsulate the information for synchronizing the contents of bf(target_dir) with the updates found in bf(src_dir) quote( -$ rsync -F [other rsync options here] \nl() +$ rsync --write-batch [other rsync options here] \nl() /somewhere/src_dir /somewhere/target_dir ) @@ -962,15 +970,22 @@ Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. manpagesection(THANKS) Thanks to Richard Brent, Brendan Mackay, Bill Waite, Stephen Rothwell -and David Bell for helpful suggestions and testing of rsync. I've -probably missed some people, my apologies if I have. +and David Bell for helpful suggestions, patches and testing of rsync. +I've probably missed some people, my apologies if I have. + +Especial thanks also to: David Dykstra, Jos Backus, Sebastian Krahmer. manpageauthor() -rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras. +rsync was written by Andrew Tridgell and Paul +Mackerras. -rsync is now maintained by Martin Pool . +rsync is now maintained by Martin Pool . Mailing lists for support and development are available at -url(http://lists.samba.org)(lists.samba.org) +url(http://lists.samba.org)(lists.samba.org) + +If you suspect you have found a security vulnerability in rsync, +please send it directly to Martin Pool and Andrew Tridgell. For other +enquiries, please use the mailing list.