From 9624b8642670a3bd79b90e1c2c0ebbc5bf1b635b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:00:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the latest new options. --- NEWS | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a5ce71f1..b87a6aad 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: - The --inplace support was enhanced to work with --compare-dest, --link-dest, and (the new) --copy-dest options. - - Added the --dirs option for an easier way to copy directories + - Added the --dirs (-d) option for an easier way to copy directories without recursion. - Added the --list-only option which is mainly a way for the client to @@ -86,12 +86,25 @@ Changes since 2.6.3: option kluges (e.g. the age-old use of "-r --exclude="/*/*" for a non-recursive listing). - - Added the --omit-dir-times option which will avoid updating the + - Added the --omit-dir-times (-O) option which will avoid updating the modified time for directories when --times was specified. For a really large transfer, this option will avoid an extra pass through the file-list at the end of the transfer to tweak all the directory times. + - Added the --delete-during (--del) option which will delete files + from on the receiving side incrementally as each directory in the + transfer is being processed (which makes it more efficient than + the default, before-the-transfer behavior of --delete). + + - Added the --filter (-f) option and its helper option, -F. Filter + rules are an extension to the existing include/exclude handling + that also supports nested filter files as well as per-directory + filter files (like .cvsignore, but with full filter-rule parsing). + This new option was chosen in order to ensure that all existing + include/exclude processing remained 100% compatible with older + versions. + - Added support/atomic-rsync -- a perl script that will transfer some files using rsync, and then move the updated files into place all at once at the end of the transfer. Only works when pulling, and uses -- 2.34.1