Remove redundant list of options. It might be nice to summarise the

most frequently-used ones in here.

Nelson Beebe pointed out that the information about bug tracking was
out of date.

diff --git a/README b/README
index c6c818e..599d022 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,73 +18,12 @@ this package.
 USAGE
 -----
 
-Basically you use rsync just like rcp, but rsync has many additional options.
-
-Here is a brief description of rsync usage:
-
-Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST
-  or   rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]
-SRC on single-colon remote HOST will be expanded by remote shell
-SRC on server remote HOST may contain shell wildcards or multiple
-  sources separated by space as long as they have same top-level
-
-Options
- -v, --verbose               increase verbosity
- -q, --quiet                 decrease verbosity
- -c, --checksum              always checksum
- -a, --archive               archive mode
- -r, --recursive             recurse into directories
- -R, --relative              use relative path names
- -b, --backup                make backups (default ~ suffix)
-     --suffix=SUFFIX         override backup suffix
- -u, --update                update only (don't overwrite newer files)
- -l, --links                 preserve soft links
- -L, --copy-links            treat soft links like regular files
-     --copy-unsafe-links     copy links outside the source tree
-     --safe-links            ignore links outside the destination tree
- -H, --hard-links            preserve hard links
- -p, --perms                 preserve permissions
- -o, --owner                 preserve owner (root only)
- -g, --group                 preserve group
- -D, --devices               preserve devices (root only)
- -t, --times                 preserve times
- -S, --sparse                handle sparse files efficiently
- -n, --dry-run               show what would have been transferred
- -W, --whole-file            copy whole files, no incremental checks
- -x, --one-file-system       don't cross filesystem boundaries
- -B, --block-size=SIZE       checksum blocking size (default 700)
- -e, --rsh=COMMAND           specify rsh replacement
-     --rsync-path=PATH       specify path to rsync on the remote machine
- -C, --cvs-exclude           auto ignore files in the same way CVS does
-     --delete                delete files that don't exist on the sending side
-     --delete-excluded       also delete excluded files on the receiving side
-     --partial               keep partially transferred files
-     --force                 force deletion of directories even if not empty
-     --numeric-ids           don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
-     --timeout=TIME          set IO timeout in seconds
- -I, --ignore-times          don't exclude files that match length and time
-     --size-only             only use file size when determining if a file should be transferred
- -T  --temp-dir=DIR          create temporary files in directory DIR
-     --compare-dest=DIR      also compare destination files relative to DIR
- -z, --compress              compress file data
-     --exclude=PATTERN       exclude files matching PATTERN
-     --exclude-from=FILE     exclude patterns listed in FILE
-     --include=PATTERN       don't exclude files matching PATTERN
-     --include-from=FILE     don't exclude patterns listed in FILE
-     --version               print version number
-     --daemon                run as a rsync daemon
-     --config=FILE           specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
-     --port=PORT             specify alternate rsyncd port number
-     --stats                 give some file transfer stats
-     --progress              show progress during transfer
-     --log-format=FORMAT     log file transfers using specified format
-     --password-file=FILE    get password from FILE
- -h, --help                  show this help screen
+Basically you use rsync just like rcp, but rsync has many additional
+options.  To get a complete list of supported options type
 
+  rsync --help
+
+and see the manual for more information.
 
 
 SETUP
@@ -137,13 +76,19 @@ BUG REPORTS
 -----------
 
 If you have web access then please look at
-http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/ 
 
-This will give you access to the bug tracking system used by the
-developers of rsync and will allow you to look at other bug reports or
-submit a new bug report.
+  http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/ 
+
+That page contains links to the current bug list, and information on
+how to report a bug well.  You might also like to try searching the
+internet for the error message you've received, or looking in the
+mailing list archives at
+
+  http://mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/
+
+Please send bug reports to 
 
-If you don't have web access then mail bug reports to rsync@samba.org.
+  rsync@lists.samba.org
 
 
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