From bf2daeaf2daf31a9d94ec7b232898d43c6d51da7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 08:58:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove redundant list of options. It might be nice to summarise the most frequently-used ones in here. Nelson Beebe pointed out that the information about bug tracking was out of date. --- README | 87 +++++++++++----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index c6c818e1..599d0228 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,73 +18,12 @@ this package. USAGE ----- -Basically you use rsync just like rcp, but rsync has many additional options. - -Here is a brief description of rsync usage: - -Usage: rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST - or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST - or rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST - or rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST] - or rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST - or rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST] -SRC on single-colon remote HOST will be expanded by remote shell -SRC on server remote HOST may contain shell wildcards or multiple - sources separated by space as long as they have same top-level - -Options - -v, --verbose increase verbosity - -q, --quiet decrease verbosity - -c, --checksum always checksum - -a, --archive archive mode - -r, --recursive recurse into directories - -R, --relative use relative path names - -b, --backup make backups (default ~ suffix) - --suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix - -u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files) - -l, --links preserve soft links - -L, --copy-links treat soft links like regular files - --copy-unsafe-links copy links outside the source tree - --safe-links ignore links outside the destination tree - -H, --hard-links preserve hard links - -p, --perms preserve permissions - -o, --owner preserve owner (root only) - -g, --group preserve group - -D, --devices preserve devices (root only) - -t, --times preserve times - -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently - -n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred - -W, --whole-file copy whole files, no incremental checks - -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries - -B, --block-size=SIZE checksum blocking size (default 700) - -e, --rsh=COMMAND specify rsh replacement - --rsync-path=PATH specify path to rsync on the remote machine - -C, --cvs-exclude auto ignore files in the same way CVS does - --delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side - --delete-excluded also delete excluded files on the receiving side - --partial keep partially transferred files - --force force deletion of directories even if not empty - --numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name - --timeout=TIME set IO timeout in seconds - -I, --ignore-times don't exclude files that match length and time - --size-only only use file size when determining if a file should be transferred - -T --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR - --compare-dest=DIR also compare destination files relative to DIR - -z, --compress compress file data - --exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN - --exclude-from=FILE exclude patterns listed in FILE - --include=PATTERN don't exclude files matching PATTERN - --include-from=FILE don't exclude patterns listed in FILE - --version print version number - --daemon run as a rsync daemon - --config=FILE specify alternate rsyncd.conf file - --port=PORT specify alternate rsyncd port number - --stats give some file transfer stats - --progress show progress during transfer - --log-format=FORMAT log file transfers using specified format - --password-file=FILE get password from FILE - -h, --help show this help screen +Basically you use rsync just like rcp, but rsync has many additional +options. To get a complete list of supported options type + rsync --help + +and see the manual for more information. SETUP @@ -137,13 +76,19 @@ BUG REPORTS ----------- If you have web access then please look at -http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/ -This will give you access to the bug tracking system used by the -developers of rsync and will allow you to look at other bug reports or -submit a new bug report. + http://rsync.samba.org/rsync/ + +That page contains links to the current bug list, and information on +how to report a bug well. You might also like to try searching the +internet for the error message you've received, or looking in the +mailing list archives at + + http://mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/ + +Please send bug reports to -If you don't have web access then mail bug reports to rsync@samba.org. + rsync@lists.samba.org CVS TREE -- 2.34.1