From d0bc3520de9ef1decf9ec1e41b7c64e2af034ec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:24:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make the text of the --times (-t) option more correct on what happens if it is omitted. --- rsync.yo | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 583c0109..f94d5d4a 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along with the files and update them on the remote system. Note that if this option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not been modified cannot be effective; in other words, a missing -t or -a will -cause the next transfer to behave as if it used -I, and all files will have -their checksums compared and show up in log messages even if they haven't -changed. +cause the next transfer to behave as if it used -I, causing all files to be +updated (though the rsync algorithm will make the update fairly efficient +if the files haven't actually changed, you're much better off using -t). dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers, instead it will just report the actions it would have taken. -- 2.34.1