From: Wayne Davison Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:01:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fixed the --compare-dest docs. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/30e66e53de71a64ca1a3900bda08a4129888fb44 Fixed the --compare-dest docs. --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index f5f3d650..63aac4b0 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -952,9 +952,9 @@ directory. This is useful for creating a sparse backup of just files that have changed from an earlier backup. Beginning in version 2.6.4, multiple bf(--compare-dest) directories may be -provided and rsync will search the list in the order specified until it -finds an existing file. That first discovery is used as the basis file, -and also determines if the transfer needs to happen. +provided and rsync will try to find an exact match (searching +the list in the order specified), and if not found, a basis file from one +of the em(DIR)s will be selected to try to speed up the transfer. If em(DIR) is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory. See also bf(--link-dest).