Hi all, I have attached a documentation patch. Here it is with comments: > - it() you must not specify the bf(--rsh) (bf(-e)) option.
This is about the daemon, but the manual explains letter that you can in fact pass --rsh, in section `USING RSYNC-DAEMON FEATURES VIA A REMOTE-SHELL CONNECTION`. > - rsync -av rsync:://targethost2/module/src/ /dest/ ) > + rsync -av rsync://targethost2/module/src/ /dest/ ) This seems to have an extra ':' in the URL? > option when they need to continue a backup run that got interrupted. Since > a bf(--link-dest) run is copied into a new directory hierarchy (when it is > -used properly), using bf(--ignore existing) will ensure that the > +used properly), using bf(--ignore-existing) will ensure that the This seems to include an extraneous space. Cheers, Clément.
>From 23b6dbcfcfa5bf9ee06b4adfa45bae2267102748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Cl=C3=A9ment=20Pit-Claudel?= <clement.pitclau...@live.com> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:27:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix three typos in the manpage --- rsync.yo | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 7bf005cc..e17a8dec 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ itemization( list of accessible paths on the daemon will be shown. it() if you specify no local destination then a listing of the specified files on the remote daemon is provided. - it() you must not specify the bf(--rsh) (bf(-e)) option. ) An example that copies all the files in a remote module named "src": @@ -230,7 +229,7 @@ example: verb( export RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG='ssh proxyhost nc %H 873' rsync -av targethost1::module/src/ /dest/ - rsync -av rsync:://targethost2/module/src/ /dest/ ) + rsync -av rsync://targethost2/module/src/ /dest/ ) The command specified above uses ssh to run nc (netcat) on a proxyhost, which forwards all data to port 873 (the rsync daemon) on the targethost @@ -1383,7 +1382,7 @@ It just limits the files that the receiver requests to be transferred. This option can be useful for those doing backups using the bf(--link-dest) option when they need to continue a backup run that got interrupted. Since a bf(--link-dest) run is copied into a new directory hierarchy (when it is -used properly), using bf(--ignore existing) will ensure that the +used properly), using bf(--ignore-existing) will ensure that the already-handled files don't get tweaked (which avoids a change in permissions on the hard-linked files). This does mean that this option is only looking at the existing files in the destination hierarchy itself. -- 2.17.1
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