Attachment 4934 Details for Bug 6881 – A patch to change the documentation to use "KiB/s" and "kibibytes per second".

A patch to change the documentation to use "KiB/s" and "kibibytes per second".

rsync-bwlimit-kibibytes-man-page.diff (text/x-diff), 4.00 KB, created by Richard Laager on 2009-11-09 12:54:50 UTC

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Creator: Richard Laager

Created: 2009-11-09 12:54:50 UTC

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>diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
>index 546f63d..22d07bc 100644
>--- a/options.c
>+++ b/options.c
>@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
>   rprintf(F,"     --log-file-format=FMT   log updates using the specified FMT\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --password-file=FILE    read daemon-access password from FILE\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --list-only             list the files instead of copying them\n");
>-  rprintf(F,"     --bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second\n");
>+  rprintf(F,"     --bwlimit=KiB/s         limit I/O bandwidth; kibibytes per second\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --write-batch=FILE      write a batched update to FILE\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --only-write-batch=FILE like --write-batch but w/o updating destination\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --read-batch=FILE       read a batched update from FILE\n");
>@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ static void daemon_usage(enum logcode F)
>   rprintf(F,"\n");
>   rprintf(F,"Usage: rsync --daemon [OPTION]...\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --address=ADDRESS       bind to the specified address\n");
>-  rprintf(F,"     --bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second\n");
>+  rprintf(F,"     --bwlimit=KiB/s         limit I/O bandwidth; kibibytes per second\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --config=FILE           specify alternate rsyncd.conf file\n");
>   rprintf(F," -M, --dparam=OVERRIDE       override global daemon config parameter\n");
>   rprintf(F,"     --no-detach             do not detach from the parent\n");
>diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
>index 8a25a8c..114070b 100644
>--- a/rsync.yo
>+++ b/rsync.yo
>@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
>      --log-file-format=FMT   log updates using the specified FMT
>      --password-file=FILE    read daemon-access password from FILE
>      --list-only             list the files instead of copying them
>-     --bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second
>+     --bwlimit=KiB/s         limit I/O bandwidth; kibibytes per second
>      --write-batch=FILE      write a batched update to FILE
>      --only-write-batch=FILE like --write-batch but w/o updating dest
>      --read-batch=FILE       read a batched update from FILE
>@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Rsync can also be run as a daemon, in which case the following options are
> accepted: verb(
>      --daemon                run as an rsync daemon
>      --address=ADDRESS       bind to the specified address
>-     --bwlimit=KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second
>+     --bwlimit=KiB/s         limit I/O bandwidth; kibibytes per second
>      --config=FILE           specify alternate rsyncd.conf file
>  -M, --dparam=OVERRIDE       override global daemon config parameter
>      --no-detach             do not detach from the parent
>@@ -2273,8 +2273,8 @@ avoid this problem, either specify the bf(--no-dirs) option (if you don't
> need to expand a directory's content), or turn on recursion and exclude
> the content of subdirectories: bf(-r --exclude='/*/*').
> 
>-dit(bf(--bwlimit=KBPS)) This option allows you to specify a maximum
>-transfer rate in kilobytes per second. This option is most effective when
>+dit(bf(--bwlimit=KiB/s)) This option allows you to specify a maximum
>+transfer rate in kibibytes per second. This option is most effective when
> using rsync with large files (several megabytes and up). Due to the nature
> of rsync transfers, blocks of data are sent, then if rsync determines the
> transfer was too fast, it will wait before sending the next data block. The
>@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ allows you to specify a specific IP address (or hostname) to bind to.  This
> makes virtual hosting possible in conjunction with the bf(--config) option.
> See also the "address" global option in the rsyncd.conf manpage.
> 
>-dit(bf(--bwlimit=KBPS)) This option allows you to specify a maximum
>+dit(bf(--bwlimit=KiB/s)) This option allows you to specify a maximum
> transfer rate in kilobytes per second for the data the daemon sends.
> The client can still specify a smaller bf(--bwlimit) value, but their
> requested value will be rounded down if they try to exceed it.  See the

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