From 1de02c273dd5679685990894b2bb7f5a1f03f591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:36:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the --no-motd option, with a caveat on how it can also hide the module listing. --- rsync.yo | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 725fcdbd..7045c308 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ Here is a short summary of the options available in rsync. Please refer to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb( -v, --verbose increase verbosity -q, --quiet suppress non-error messages + --no-motd suppress daemon-mode MOTD (see caveat) -c, --checksum skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size -a, --archive archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H) --no-OPTION turn off an implied OPTION (e.g. --no-D) @@ -457,6 +458,13 @@ are given during the transfer, notably suppressing information messages from the remote server. This flag is useful when invoking rsync from cron. +dit(bf(--no-motd)) This option affects the information that is output +by the client at the start of a daemon transfer. This suppresses the +message-of-the-day (MOTD) text, but it also affects the list of modules +that the daemon sends in response to the "rsync host::" request (due to +a limitation in the rsync protocol), so omit this option if you want to +request the list of modules from the deamon. + dit(bf(-I, --ignore-times)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are already the same size and have the same modification time-stamp. This option turns off this "quick check" behavior, causing all files to -- 2.34.1