From 0d78a2789347d092a56b48dcee2c1bcb3b2e1227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:32:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Mention what -XX (repeated --xattrs) does. --- rsync.yo | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 54cfe110..20162727 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1013,6 +1013,10 @@ super-user copies all namespaces except system.*. A normal user only copies the user.* namespace. To be able to backup and restore non-user namespaces as a normal user, see the bf(--fake-super) option. +Note that this option does not copy rsyncs special xattr values (e.g. those +used by bf(--fake-super)) unless you repeat the option (e.g. -XX). This +"copy all xattrs" mode cannot be used with bf(--fake-super). + dit(bf(--chmod)) This option tells rsync to apply one or more comma-separated "chmod" strings to the permission of the files in the transfer. The resulting value is treated as though it were the permissions -- 2.34.1