Attachment 1705 Details for Bug 3430 – Suggested changes to man page for --one-file-system

[patch] Suggested changes to man page for --one-file-system

one-file-system-manpage.patch (text/plain), 2.34 KB, created by Matt McCutchen on 2006-01-21 13:35:04 UTC

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Created: 2006-01-21 13:35:04 UTC

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>Index: rsync.yo
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/rsync.yo,v
>retrieving revision 1.321
>diff -u -r1.321 rsync.yo
>--- rsync.yo	21 Jan 2006 19:55:47 -0000	1.321
>+++ rsync.yo	21 Jan 2006 20:32:00 -0000
>@@ -732,24 +732,22 @@
> filesystem. It doesn't seem to handle seeks over null regions
> correctly and ends up corrupting the files.
> 
>-dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to cross filesystem
>-boundaries  when recursing.  This  is useful for transferring the
>-contents of only one filesystem.
>-
>-dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync to avoid recursing into a
>+dit(bf(-x, --one-file-system)) This tells rsync not to recurse into a
> directory that is the mount-point for another filesystem, including (as of
>-2.6.7), "bind" mount-points.  You can still copy the contents of multiple
>-file systems if you include a source dir from each file system -- this just
>-limits rsync's directory-recursion algorithm.
>-
>-Rsync will copy the directory at each encountered mount-point unless this
>-option is repeated.  Note, however, that the attributes of this mount-point
>-directory are copied from those currently visible in the filesystem, not
>-the inaccessible attributes of the underlying directory.
>-
>-This option does not affect the "collapsing" of symlinks that options such
>-as bf(--copy-links) perform, irrespective of what filesystem the symlink's
>-referent may be on.
>+2.6.7) "bind" mount-points.  You can still copy files from multiple
>+filesystems if you include a source dir from each filesystem; rsync will
>+recurse independently inside each source dir but will not recurse into
>+other mount-points found within them.
>+
>+If this option is repeated, rsync skips mount-points entirely.  Otherwise,
>+it copies each mount-point it encounters using the attributes of the root
>+directory of the mounted filesystem (since those of the underlying
>+mount-point directory are inaccessible).
>+
>+When rsync needs to copy a symlink target that lies on another filesystem
>+(because of bf(--copy-links) or bf(--copy-unsafe-links)), it copies the
>+target despite bf(--one-file-system) if the target is not a directory.
>+If the target is a directory, rsync treats it like a mount-point.
> 
> dit(bf(--existing, --ignore-non-existing)) This tells rsync to skip
> updating files that do not exist yet on the destination.  If this option is

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