From 54e66f1d5968b1dfb5c9cd352875960ccd544986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:51:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document --omit-dir-times. --- rsync.yo | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 6484face..fd5bf9ca 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ verb( -g, --group preserve group -D, --devices preserve devices (root only) -t, --times preserve times + -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently -n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred -W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks @@ -638,6 +639,10 @@ cause the next transfer to behave as if it used -I, causing all files to be updated (though the rsync algorithm will make the update fairly efficient if the files haven't actually changed, you're much better off using -t). +dit(bf(-O, --omit-dir-times)) This tells rsync to omit directories when +the preserving of modification times is enabled (see --times). If NFS +is sharing the files on the receiving end, it is a good idea to use -O. + dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers, instead it will just report the actions it would have taken. -- 2.34.1