if the option is combined with --ignore-existing.
-B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
--rsync-path=PROGRAM specify the rsync to run on remote machine
-B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size
-e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
--rsync-path=PROGRAM specify the rsync to run on remote machine
- --existing only update files that already exist
--ignore-existing ignore files that already exist on receiver
--ignore-existing ignore files that already exist on receiver
+ --ignore-non-existing ignore files that don't exist on receiver
--remove-sent-files sent files/symlinks are removed from sender
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete files that don't exist on sender
--remove-sent-files sent files/symlinks are removed from sender
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete files that don't exist on sender
boundaries when recursing. This is useful for transferring the
contents of only one filesystem.
boundaries when recursing. This is useful for transferring the
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 to skip updating files that
+already exist on the destination. See also bf(--ignore-non-existing).
-dit(bf(--ignore-existing))
-This tells rsync not to update files that already exist on
-the destination.
+dit(bf(--ignore-non-existing)) This tells rsync to skip updating files that
+do not exist yet on the destination. If this option is combined with the
+bf(--ignore-existing) option, no files will be updated (which can be useful
+if all you want to do is to delete missing files). Note that in older
+versions of rsync, this option was named bf(--existing), so this older
+name is still accepted as an alias.
dit(bf(--remove-sent-files)) This tells rsync to remove from the sending
side the files and/or symlinks that are newly created or whose content is
dit(bf(--remove-sent-files)) This tells rsync to remove from the sending
side the files and/or symlinks that are newly created or whose content is