From 7b10f91d8f734bc6bdc1d426862858e8ef2b3a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Tridgell Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 02:04:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added a note about using -v with --progress --- rsync.yo | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 459fb44c..166a15de 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -447,15 +447,6 @@ This option can be dangerous if used incorrectly! It is a very good idea to run first using the dry run option (-n) to see what files would be deleted to make sure important files aren't listed. -rsync 1.6.4 changed the behavior of --delete to make it less -dangerous. rsync now only scans directories on the receiving side -that are explicitly transferred from the sending side. Only files in -these directories are deleted. - -Still, it is probably easy to get burnt with this option. The moral -of the story is to use the -n option until you get used to the -behavior of --delete. - If the sending side detects any IO errors then the deletion of any files at the destination will be automatically disabled. This is to prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors) on the @@ -621,6 +612,9 @@ dit(bf(--progress)) This option tells rsync to print information showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user something to watch. +This option is normally combined with -v. Using this option without +the -v option will produce weird results on your display. + dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password in a file for accessing a remote rsync server. Note that this option is only useful when accessing a rsync server using the built in -- 2.34.1