From e40a46de71e09d753160cc503b005d11208b22ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 00:18:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the -4, -6, --ipv4, --ipv6 options. --- rsync.yo | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 84857e52..0e7b3009 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ verb( --bwlimit=KBPS limit I/O bandwidth, KBytes per second --write-batch=PREFIX write batch fileset starting with PREFIX --read-batch=PREFIX read batch fileset starting with PREFIX + -4 --ipv4 prefer IPv4 + -6 --ipv6 prefer IPv6 -h, --help show this help screen @@ -603,7 +605,7 @@ they are not empty when they are to be replaced by non-directories. This is only relevant without --delete because deletions are now done depth-first. Requires the --recursive option (which is implied by -a) to have any effect. -dit(bf(-B , --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in +dit(bf(-B, --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details. dit(bf(-e, --rsh=COMMAND)) This option allows you to choose an alternative @@ -897,6 +899,15 @@ dit(bf(--read-batch=PREFIX)) Apply a previously generated change batch, using the fileset whose filenames start with PREFIX. See the "BATCH MODE" section for details. +dit(bf(-4, --ipv4) or bf(-6, --ipv6)) Tells rsync to prefer IPv4/IPv6 +when creating sockets. This only affects sockets that rsync has direct +control over, such as the outgoing socket when directly contacting an +rsync daemon, or the incoming sockets that an rsync daemon uses to +listen for connections. One of these options may be required in older +versions of Linux to work around an IPv6 bug in the kernel (if you see +an "address already in use" error when nothing else is using the port, +try specifying --ipv6 or --ipv4 when starting the daemon). + enddit() manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS) -- 2.34.1