From b90a6d9ff6c9455bcc726d0e9a1ffc9c8f7dddf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:49:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that --whole-file interferes with the reuse of a --partial-dir file. --- rsync.yo | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 694e6d18..f407b5c6 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -907,7 +907,9 @@ put a partially transferred file into DIR instead of writing out the file to the destination dir. Rsync will also use a file found in this dir as data to speed up the transfer (i.e. when you redo the send after rsync creates a partial file) and delete such a file after it has served -its purpose. +its purpose. Note that if --whole-file is specified (or implied) that an +existing partial-dir file will not be used to speedup the transfer (since +rsync is sending files without using the incremental rsync algorithm). Rsync will create the dir if it is missing (just the last dir -- not the whole path). This makes it easy to use a relative path (such as -- 2.34.1