it() for copying from a remote rsync server to the local
machine. This is invoked when the source path contains a ::
- separator or a rsync:// URL.
+ separator or an rsync:// URL.
it() for copying from the local machine to a remote rsync
server. This is invoked when the destination path contains a ::
- separator or a rsync:// URL.
+ separator or an rsync:// URL.
it() for copying from a remote machine using a remote shell
program as the transport, using rsync server on the remote
itemize(
it() you use a double colon :: instead of a single colon to
- separate the hostname from the path or a rsync:// URL.
+ separate the hostname from the path or an rsync:// URL.
it() the remote server may print a message of the day when you
connect.
--files-from=FILE read FILE for list of source-file names
-0 --from0 all file lists are delimited by nulls
--version print version number
- --daemon run as a rsync daemon
+ --daemon run as an rsync daemon
--no-detach do not detach from the parent
--address=ADDRESS bind to the specified address
--config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password
in a file for accessing a remote rsync server. Note that this option
-is only useful when accessing a rsync server using the built in
+is only useful when accessing an rsync server using the built in
transport, not when using a remote shell as the transport. The file
must not be world readable. It should contain just the password as a
single line.
rsync daemon. You should set RSYNC_PROXY to a hostname:port pair.
dit(bf(RSYNC_PASSWORD)) Setting RSYNC_PASSWORD to the required
-password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to a rsync
+password allows you to run authenticated rsync connections to an rsync
daemon without user intervention. Note that this does not supply a
password to a shell transport such as ssh.
dit(bf(USER) or bf(LOGNAME)) The USER or LOGNAME environment variables
-are used to determine the default username sent to a rsync server.
+are used to determine the default username sent to an rsync server.
dit(bf(HOME)) The HOME environment variable is used to find the user's
default .cvsignore file.