From 3473b5b4d88befb4370a1b861e5c2f414cf4ffc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Dykstra Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:12:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the words "on destination machine" to the --compare-dist description in rsync.yo. Re-ran yodl2man which I see pulled in a few other changes from rsync.yo that hadn't yet made it into rsync.1. --- rsync.yo | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index a708c20f..4a819ecf 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ mailto(rsync-bugs@samba.org) -manpage(rsync)(1)(5 Jan 2001)()() +manpage(rsync)(1)(3 Mar 2001)()() manpagename(rsync)(faster, flexible replacement for rcp) manpagesynopsis() @@ -562,17 +562,17 @@ scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files transferred on the receiving side. The default behavior is to create the temporary files in the receiving directory. -dit(bf(--compare-dest=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as an -additional directory to compare destination files against when doing -transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to a new destination while -leaving existing files intact, and then doing a flash-cutover when all -files have been successfully transferred (for example by moving directories -around and removing the old directory, although this requires also doing -the transfer with -I to avoid skipping files that haven't changed). This -option increases the usefulness of --partial because partially transferred -files will remain in the new temporary destination until they have a chance -to be completed. If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the -destination directory. +dit(bf(--compare-dest=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR on +the destination machine as an additional directory to compare destination +files against when doing transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to +a new destination while leaving existing files intact, and then doing a +flash-cutover when all files have been successfully transferred (for +example by moving directories around and removing the old directory, +although this requires also doing the transfer with -I to avoid skipping +files that haven't changed). This option increases the usefulness of +--partial because partially transferred files will remain in the new +temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed. If DIR is +a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory. dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from the source file(s) which it sends to the destination machine. This -- 2.34.1