From 399371e7b574687a853517a18aa4fdbe0f193b33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:44:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Improved the warning about --inplace. - Fixed the sentence describing how to read standard input with --read-batch. --- rsync.yo | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index ad024e4a..43ca31b3 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ network reduction it might otherwise. This option is useful for transfer of large files with block based changes and also on systems that are disk bound not network bound. -WARNING: If the transfer is interrupted, you will have an inconsistent file -and the transfer should be run again. +WARNING: The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the +transfer (and possibly afterwards if the transfer gets interrupted), so you +should not use this option to update files that are in use. Also note that +rsync will not update a file inplace that is not writable by the receiving +user. dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the symlink on the destination. @@ -915,7 +918,7 @@ section for details. dit(bf(--read-batch=FILE)) Apply all of the changes stored in FILE, a file previously generated by --write-batch. -If em(FILE) is "-" the list will be read from standard input. +If em(FILE) is "-" the batch data will be read from standard input. See the "BATCH MODE" section for details. dit(bf(-4, --ipv4) or bf(-6, --ipv6)) Tells rsync to prefer IPv4/IPv6 -- 2.34.1