From: Wayne Davison Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:01:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Improved a couple sentences. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/fef101a54866e484c9cf9f1634f9d520a3fd4ecf Improved a couple sentences. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 70af126c..85703be8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: output without overlapping it. (Requires protocol 29.) - When --timeout is specified, lulls that occur in the transfer while - the generator is scanning the file system (either looking for files - to generate or files to delete) cause a new keep-alive packet to be - sent that should keep the transfer going (as long as the generator - continues to make progress). (Requires protocol 29.) + the generator is doing work that does not generate socket traffic + (looking for changed files, deleting files, doing directory-time + touch-ups, etc.) will cause a new keep-alive packet to be sent that + should keep the transfer going as long as the generator continues to + make progress. (Requires protocol 29.) - The stat size of a device is not added to the total file size of the items in the transfer since the size might be undefined on some OSes. @@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: --filter option instead of --exclude-from to capture any filter rules. - An index equal to the file-list count is sent as a keep-alive packet - from the generator to the sender, who then forwards it on to the + from the generator to the sender, which then forwards it on to the receiver. This normally invalid index is only a valid keep-alive packet if the 16-bit flag-word that follows it contains a single bit (ITEM_IS_NEW, which is normally an illegal flag to appear alone).