Document the --no-motd option, with a caveat on how it can also

hide the module listing.

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 725fcdb..7045c30 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ Here is a short summary of the options available in rsync. Please refer
 to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
  -q, --quiet                 suppress non-error messages
 to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
  -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
  -q, --quiet                 suppress non-error messages

+     --no-motd               suppress daemon-mode MOTD (see caveat)

  -c, --checksum              skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
  -a, --archive               archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H)
      --no-OPTION             turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)
  -c, --checksum              skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
  -a, --archive               archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H)
      --no-OPTION             turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D)


@@ -457,6 +458,13 @@ are given during the transfer, notably suppressing information messages
 from the remote server. This flag is useful when invoking rsync from
 cron.
 
 from the remote server. This flag is useful when invoking rsync from
 cron.
 

+dit(bf(--no-motd)) This option affects the information that is output
+by the client at the start of a daemon transfer.  This suppresses the
+message-of-the-day (MOTD) text, but it also affects the list of modules
+that the daemon sends in response to the "rsync host::" request (due to
+a limitation in the rsync protocol), so omit this option if you want to
+request the list of modules from the deamon.
+

 dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are
 already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp.
 This option turns off this "quick check" behavior, causing all files to
 dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are
 already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp.
 This option turns off this "quick check" behavior, causing all files to