From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:32:47 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Mention what -XX (repeated --xattrs) does.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/0d78a2789347d092a56b48dcee2c1bcb3b2e1227

Mention what -XX (repeated --xattrs) does.
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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 54cfe110..20162727 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1013,6 +1013,10 @@ super-user copies all namespaces except system.*.  A normal user only copies
 the user.* namespace.  To be able to backup and restore non-user namespaces as
 a normal user, see the bf(--fake-super) option.
 
+Note that this option does not copy rsyncs special xattr values (e.g. those
+used by bf(--fake-super)) unless you repeat the option (e.g. -XX).  This
+"copy all xattrs" mode cannot be used with bf(--fake-super).
+
 dit(bf(--chmod)) This option tells rsync to apply one or more
 comma-separated "chmod" strings to the permission of the files in the
 transfer.  The resulting value is treated as though it were the permissions