-p, --perms preserve permissions
-o, --owner preserve owner (root only)
-g, --group preserve group
- -D, --devices preserve devices (root only)
+ --devices preserve device files (root only)
+ --specials preserve special files
+ -D same as --devices --specials
-t, --times preserve times
-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times
--chmod=CHMOD change destination permissions
is done by name, but may fall back to using the ID number in some
circumstances. See the bf(--numeric-ids) option for a full discussion.
-dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and
+dit(bf(--devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and
block device information to the remote system to recreate these
devices. This option is only available to the super-user.
+dit(bf(--specials)) This option causes rsync to transfer special files
+such as named sockets and fifos.
+
+dit(bf(-D)) The bf(-D) option is equivalent to bf(--devices) bf(--specials).
+
dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along
with the files and update them on the remote system. Note that if this
option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not been
))
The file-types that replace the bf(X) are: bf(f) for a file, a bf(d) for a
-directory, an bf(L) for a symlink, and a bf(D) for a device.
+directory, an bf(L) for a symlink, a bf(D) for a device, and a bf(S) for a
+special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos).
The other letters in the string above are the actual letters that
will be output if the associated attribute for the item is being updated or