Attachment 3129 Details for Bug 3693 – Suggested clarification

[patch] Suggested clarification

3693-clarification.diff (text/plain), 1007 bytes, created by Matt McCutchen on 2008-01-30 18:46:04 UTC

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Creator: Matt McCutchen

Created: 2008-01-30 18:46:04 UTC

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>diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
>index 8145687..fe88af2 100644
>--- a/rsync.yo
>+++ b/rsync.yo
>@@ -826,6 +826,13 @@ exists elsewhere in the hierarchy.  This does not affect the accuracy of
> the transfer, just its efficiency.  One way to avoid this is to disable
> incremental recursion using the bf(--no-inc-recursive) option.
> 
>+When you are updating a non-empty destination or using bf(--link-dest), this
>+option ensures only that files that are hard-linked together on the source are
>+hard-linked together on the destination; it does NOT break hard links to ensure
>+that files that are independent on the source are independent on the
>+destination.  Thus, this option is appropriate only for saving space, not when
>+you need to exactly duplicate the pattern of hard links on the source.
>+
> dit(bf(-p, --perms)) This option causes the receiving rsync to set the
> destination permissions to be the same as the source permissions.  (See
> also the bf(--chmod) option for a way to modify what rsync considers to

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