From bbd6f4ba8e1a36de8a3cae4b013c99ffa77d9f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 13:10:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document --no-detach. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ rsync.yo | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ea11c8aa..fc916f4c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ rsync 2.5.1 (sometime in 2001?) * --progress and -P now show estimated data transfer rate (in a multiple of bytes/s) and estimated time to completion. Based on a patch by Rik Faith. + + * --no-detach option, required to run as a W32 service and also + useful when running on Unix under daemontools, AIX's SRC, or a + debugger. Thanks to Max Bowsher and Jos Backus. BUG FIXES: diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index cfda974f..0bb19448 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ verb( --include-from=FILE don't exclude patterns listed in FILE --version print version number --daemon run as a rsync daemon + --no-detach do not detach from the parent --address=ADDRESS bind to the specified address --config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file --port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number @@ -624,6 +625,15 @@ config file (/etc/rsyncd.conf) on each connect made by a client and respond to requests accordingly. See the rsyncd.conf(5) man page for more details. +dit(bf(--no-detach)) When running as a daemon, this option instructs +rsync to not detach itself and become a background process. This +option is required when running as a service on Cygwin, and may also +be useful when rsync is supervised by a program such as +bf(daemontools) or AIX's bf(System Resource Controller). +bf(--no-detach) is also recommended when rsync is run under a +debugger. This option has no effect if rsync is run from inetd or +sshd. + dit(bf(--address)) By default rsync will bind to the wildcard address when run as a daemon with the --daemon option or when connecting to a rsync server. The --address option allows you to specify a specific IP -- 2.34.1