From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:09:09 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Mention that --whole-file is not the default for a local transfer when X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/63070274f24d4c018bcfaeddfedd3b8b6b3d40ca Mention that --whole-file is not the default for a local transfer when writing a batch file. --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 335f76d1..60b5de4a 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1147,7 +1147,8 @@ is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the "disk" is actually a networked filesystem). This is the default when both -the source and destination are specified as local paths. +the source and destination are specified as local paths, but only if no +batch-writing option is in effect. dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync to avoid crossing a filesystem boundary when recursing. This does not limit the user's ability