From d53d7795ee771a149a6ae010107bf3bf6d7588d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Dykstra Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:12:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Change wording of --compare-dest option to refer to the --link-dest option. --- rsync.yo | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 21d69624..e0d131b2 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -677,15 +677,16 @@ the temporary files in the receiving directory. dit(bf(--compare-dest=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR on the destination machine as an additional directory to compare destination -files against when doing transfers. This is useful for doing transfers to -a new destination while leaving existing files intact, and then doing a +files against when doing transfers if the files are missing in the +destination directory. This is useful for doing transfers to a new +destination while leaving existing files intact, and then doing a flash-cutover when all files have been successfully transferred (for example by moving directories around and removing the old directory, -although this requires also doing the transfer with -I to avoid skipping -files that haven't changed). This option increases the usefulness of ---partial because partially transferred files will remain in the new -temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed. If DIR is -a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory. +although this skips files that haven't changed; see also --link-dest). +This option increases the usefulness of --partial because partially +transferred files will remain in the new temporary destination until they +have a chance to be completed. If DIR is a relative path, it is relative +to the destination directory. dit(bf(--link-dest=DIR)) This option behaves like bf(--compare-dest) but also will create hard links from em(DIR) to the destination directory for -- 2.34.1