From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 01:13:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improved the --relative section a little more.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/53cf0b8bfbde3d8e4d0412fec93f59a4641d1e77

Improved the --relative section a little more.
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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 9d2413e9..918d9bde 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -502,9 +502,12 @@ dot dir must followed by a slash, so "/foo/." would not be abbreviated.)
 (2) For older rsync versions, you would need to use a chdir to limit the
 source path.  For example, when pushing files:
 
-quote(tt(   cd /foo; rsync -avR bar/baz.c remote:/tmp/))
+quote(tt(   (cd /foo; rsync -avR bar/baz.c remote:/tmp/) ))
 
-Or when pulling files (which doesn't work with an rsync daemon):
+(Note that the parens put the two commands into a sub-shell, so that the
+"cd" command doesn't remain in effect for future commands.)
+If you're pulling files, use this idiom (which doesn't work with an
+rsync daemon):
 
 quote(
 tt(   rsync -avR --rsync-path="cd /foo; rsync" \ )nl()