From 656c20715eb5261f8158a7f7b999d5099db3a3f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:10:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that --chmod's work can still be masked by the receiving end's umask when permissions are not being preserved. --- rsync.yo | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index fba3a158..7c06d1bd 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ quote(--chmod=Dg+s,ug+w,Fo-w,+X) It is also legal to specify multiple bf(--chmod) options. +If permissions are not being preserved (via bf(--perms)), the resulting value +will still be masked by the receiving end's umask setting. + 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