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Document the new --specials option and how -D and --devices now work.
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@@ -318,7 +318,9 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
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-p, --perms preserve permissions
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-o, --owner preserve owner (root only)
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-g, --group preserve group
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-D, --devices preserve devices (root only)
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--devices preserve device files (root only)
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--specials preserve special files
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-D same as --devices --specials
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-t, --times preserve times
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-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times
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--chmod=CHMOD change destination permissions
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@@ -694,10 +696,15 @@ receiver is a member of will be preserved. By default, the preservation
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is done by name, but may fall back to using the ID number in some
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circumstances. See the bf(--numeric-ids) option for a full discussion.
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dit(bf(-D, --devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and
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dit(bf(--devices)) This option causes rsync to transfer character and
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block device information to the remote system to recreate these
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devices. This option is only available to the super-user.
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dit(bf(--specials)) This option causes rsync to transfer special files
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such as named sockets and fifos.
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dit(bf(-D)) The bf(-D) option is equivalent to bf(--devices) bf(--specials).
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dit(bf(-t, --times)) This tells rsync to transfer modification times along
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with the files and update them on the remote system. Note that if this
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option is not used, the optimization that excludes files that have not been
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@@ -1201,7 +1208,8 @@ quote(itemize(
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))
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The file-types that replace the bf(X) are: bf(f) for a file, a bf(d) for a
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directory, an bf(L) for a symlink, and a bf(D) for a device.
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directory, an bf(L) for a symlink, a bf(D) for a device, and a bf(S) for a
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special file (e.g. named sockets and fifos).
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The other letters in the string above are the actual letters that
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will be output if the associated attribute for the item is being updated or
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