From: Wayne Davison Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:14:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Improved a sentence about --whole-file. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/6eb770bbcc3115d8dac36fdb20a181e6ac6c9253 Improved a sentence about --whole-file. --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index ec1b2dd6..d18267a9 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ This option can be quite slow, so only use it if you need it. dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the incremental rsync algorithm 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 -target machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the +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 target are on the local machine. +the source and destination are specified as local paths. dit(bf(--no-whole-file)) Turn off --whole-file, for use when it is the default.