From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:37:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention the new RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR environment variable.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/cc07f212114e388cd0c3171497dd41862f54780b

Mention the new RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR environment variable.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e09426f6..4cf38643 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
     - Added the --partial-dir=DIR option that lets you specify where to
       (temporarily) put a partially transferred file (instead of over-
       writing the destination file).  E.g.  --partial-dir=.rsync-partial
+      Also added support for the RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR environment variable
+      that, when found, transforms a regular --partial option (such as
+      the convenient -P option) into one that also specifies a directory.
 
     - Added --keep-dirlinks (-K), which allows you to symlink a directory
       onto another partition on the receiving side and have rsync treat it