From 3ed8eb3f9ccd779b640dcd4fcc4554a626baa898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 07:58:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated the description of the --block-size option. --- rsync.yo | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 0e3ab2bb..583c0109 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ verb( -W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks --no-whole-file turn off --whole-file -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries - -B, --block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size (default 700) + -B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size -e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell --rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine --existing only update files that already exist @@ -633,8 +633,9 @@ they are not empty when they are to be replaced by non-directories. This is only relevant without --delete because deletions are now done depth-first. Requires the --recursive option (which is implied by -a) to have any effect. -dit(bf(-B, --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in -the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details. +dit(bf(-B, --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This forces the block size used in +the rsync algorithm to a fixed value. It is normally selected based on +the size of each file being updated. See the technical report for details. dit(bf(-e, --rsh=COMMAND)) This option allows you to choose an alternative remote shell program to use for communication between the local and -- 2.34.1