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Mention that the dir used with --delay-updates cannot be on a

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different filesystem from the destination files.
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Wayne Davison
2005-09-15 22:27:14 +00:00
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@@ -1260,10 +1260,13 @@ Conflicts with bf(--inplace).
This option uses more memory on the receiving side (one bit per file
transferred) and also requires enough free disk space on the receiving
side to hold an additional copy of all the updated files. Note also that
you should not use an absolute path to bf(--partial-dir) unless there is no
you should not use an absolute path to bf(--partial-dir) unless (1)
there is no
chance of any of the files in the transfer having the same name (since all
the updated files will be put into a single directory if the path is
absolute).
absolute)
and (2) there are no mount points in the hierarchy (since the
delayed updates will fail if they can't be renamed into place).
See also the "atomic-rsync" perl script in the "support" subdir for an
update algorithm that is even more atomic (it uses bf(--link-dest) and a