From 1049378d9c87f69bf9094f19cd2df393e988100c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:43:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Mention rsync's definition of client and server. --- rsync.yo | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 6eb226fb..1daff0c7 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ destination, the files are listed in an output format similar to "ls -l". As expected, if neither the source or destination path specify a remote host, the copy occurs locally (see also the bf(--list-only) option). +Rsync refers to the local side as the "client" and the remote side as the +"server". Don't confuse "server" with an rsync daemon -- a daemon is always a +server, but a server can be either a daemon or a remote-shell spawned process. + manpagesection(SETUP) See the file README for installation instructions. -- 2.34.1