From 4d88810810e2f8d74b24f8ce90dcadf3ddf7ff84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:36:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some spelling corrections and other simple fixes. --- rsync.yo | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 6710d9d2..b40f654d 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ itemize( using a remote shell program as the transport, using rsync server on the remote machine. This is invoked when the destination path contains a :: separator and the - --rsh=COMMMAND option is also provided. + --rsh=COMMAND option is also provided. it() for listing files on a remote machine. This is done the same way as rsync transfers except that you leave off the @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ manpagesection(USAGE) You use rsync in the same way you use rcp. You must specify a source and a destination, one of which may be remote. -Perhaps the best way to explain the syntax is some examples: +Perhaps the best way to explain the syntax is with some examples: quote(rsync *.c foo:src/) @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ running on TCP port 873. You may establish the connection via a web proxy by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PROXY to a hostname:port pair pointing to -your web proxy. Note that your web proxy's configuration must allow -proxying to port 873. +your web proxy. Note that your web proxy's configuration must support +proxy connections to port 873. Using rsync in this way is the same as using it with a remote shell except that: @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ used to check against the rsyncd.conf on the remote host. manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER) -An rsync server is configured using a config file. Please see the +An rsync server is configured using a configuration file. Please see the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more information. By default the configuration file is called /etc/rsyncd.conf, unless rsync is running over a remote shell program and is not running as root; in that case, the default name @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the incremental rsync algorithm is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and target machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the -"disk" is actually a networked file system). This is the default when both +"disk" is actually a networked filesystem). This is the default when both the source and target are on the local machine. dit(bf(--no-whole-file)) Turn off --whole-file, for use when it is the @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ remote system cannot get access to the usernames from /etc/passwd. dit(bf(-g, --group)) This option causes rsync to set the group of the destination file to be the same as the source file. If the receiving program is not running as the super-user, only groups that the -receiver is a member of will be preserved (by group name, not group id +receiver is a member of will be preserved (by group name, not group ID number). dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ remote copies of rsync. Typically, rsync is configured to use ssh by default, but you may prefer to use rsh on a local network. If this option is used with bf([user@]host::module/path), then the -remote shell em(COMMMAND) will be used to run an rsync server on the +remote shell em(COMMAND) will be used to run an rsync server on the remote host, and all data will be transmitted through that remote shell connection, rather than through a direct socket connection to a running rsync server on the remote host. See the section "CONNECTING @@ -748,16 +748,16 @@ compressing transport, as it takes advantage of the implicit information sent for matching data blocks. dit(bf(--numeric-ids)) With this option rsync will transfer numeric group -and user ids rather than using user and group names and mapping them +and user IDs rather than using user and group names and mapping them at both ends. -By default rsync will use the user name and group name to determine +By default rsync will use the username and groupname to determine what ownership to give files. The special uid 0 and the special group 0 are never mapped via user/group names even if the --numeric-ids option is not specified. If the source system is a daemon using chroot, or if a user or group -name does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric id +name does not exist on the destination system, then the numeric ID from the source system is used instead. dit(bf(--timeout=TIMEOUT)) This option allows you to set a maximum IO @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ transfer rate in kilobytes per second. This option is most effective when using rsync with large files (several megabytes and up). Due to the nature of rsync transfers, blocks of data are sent, then if rsync determines the transfer was too fast, it will wait before sending the next data block. The -result is an average transfer rate equalling the specified limit. A value +result is an average transfer rate equaling the specified limit. A value of zero specifies no limit. dit(bf(--write-batch=PREFIX)) Generate a set of files that can be @@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ ensure the rsync module they copy does not include symbolic links to bf(/etc/passwd) in the public section of the site. Using bf(--copy-unsafe-links) will cause any links to be copied as the file they point to on the destination. Using bf(--safe-links) will cause -unsafe links to be ommitted altogether. +unsafe links to be omitted altogether. Symbolic links are considered unsafe if they are absolute symlinks (start with bf(/)), empty, or if they contain enough bf("..") -- 2.34.1