Clarify meaning of unsafe symlinks

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Martin Pool committed 2002-04-08 05:30:28 +00:00
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@@ -910,6 +910,10 @@ bf(--copy-unsafe-links) will cause any links to be copied as the file
they point to on the destination. Using bf(--safe-links) will cause
unsafe links to be ommitted altogether.
Symbolic links are considered unsafe if they are absolute symlinks
(start with bf(/)), empty, or if they contain enough bf("..")
components to ascend from the directory being copied.
manpagesection(DIAGNOSTICS)
rsync occasionally produces error messages that may seem a little