OK, I just checked in a change that uses some of your suggested text to remove a bit of the chattiness. I also improved the RSYNC_RSH section to mention the legality of command-line options. See if you like it better.
--- rsync.yo 2002/05/09 21:44:46 1.99 +++ rsync.yo 2002/05/11 08:31:55 1.101 @@ -515,8 +515,16 @@ remote copies of rsync. Typically, rsync is configured to use rsh by default, but you may prefer to use ssh because of its high security. +Command-line arguments are permitted in COMMAND provided that COMMAND is +presented to rsync as a single argument. For example: + +quote(-e "ssh -p 2234") + +(Note that ssh users can alternately customize site-specific connect +options in their .ssh/config file.) + You can also choose the remote shell program using the RSYNC_RSH -environment variable. +environment variable, which accepts the same range of values as -e. See also the --blocking-io option which is affected by this option. @@ -982,8 +990,8 @@ more details. dit(bf(RSYNC_RSH)) The RSYNC_RSH environment variable allows you to -override the default shell used as the transport for rsync. This can -be used instead of the -e option. +override the default shell used as the transport for rsync. Command line +options are permitted after the command name, just as in the -e option. dit(bf(RSYNC_PROXY)) The RSYNC_PROXY environment variable allows you to redirect your rsync client to use a web proxy when connecting to a ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
