Paul Slootman via rsync <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > On Wed 16 Oct 2024, Chris Green via rsync wrote: > > > > I use it almost exclusively on Linux systems and it would be really > > handy if I could set a number of options which would always be used > > when I run rsync. These would be in addition to -a which is useful > > but not quite enough. > > > > In particular I always want to copy extended attributes (-X), ACLs > > (-A) and hardlinks (-H). > > > > I've recently lost a number of extended attributes (not a huge amount > > but I'd prefer not to repeat the loss). This was almost certainly a > > result of them being lost when I used rsync to copy some files around. > > > > So, is there any way to set some parameters system-wide such that > > rsync will always use them without them being explicitly set when it's > > called? > > Search the rsync manual page for popt . > You can "overload" the -a option to include the extra options you need; > create a file .popt in your home directory and add a line: > > rsync alias -a -aXAH > Exactly what I wanted, and it is implemented on my system (xubuntu 24.04).
The documentation is well hidden (or even non-existent!) on my xubuntu system, even though libpopt-dev and libpopt0 are installed, I can find no man page anwhere about it. I have found a 'man 3' section on line that documents the .popt aliases though. Thank you! -- Chris Green ยท -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
