From f7a2ac075f267d4cba779c26e20147d25d047e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:35:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Refer to delta-transfer algorithm rather than rsync algorithm. --- options.c | 2 +- rsync.yo | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/options.c b/options.c index a3ea1c6a..d3846de3 100644 --- a/options.c +++ b/options.c @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F) #endif rprintf(F," -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently\n"); rprintf(F," -n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made\n"); - rprintf(F," -W, --whole-file copy files whole (without rsync algorithm)\n"); + rprintf(F," -W, --whole-file copy files whole (without delta-xfer algorithm)\n"); rprintf(F," -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries\n"); rprintf(F," -B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size\n"); rprintf(F," -e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use\n"); diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index b5a0e48b..9d9b804b 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb( --fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently -n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made - -W, --whole-file copy files whole (without rsync algorithm) + -W, --whole-file copy files whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm) -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries -B, --block-size=SIZE force a fixed checksum block-size -e, --rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ the "bytes sent", "bytes received", "literal data", and "matched data" statistics are too small, and the "speedup" value is equivalent to a run where no file transfers are needed. -dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the delta transfer algorithm +dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the delta-transfer algorithm is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the -- 2.34.1