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Tried to improve the documentation surrounding a trailing-slash

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source-dir transfer.
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Wayne Davison
2003-10-07 20:33:08 +00:00
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@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Perhaps the best way to explain the syntax is some examples:
quote(rsync *.c foo:src/)
this would transfer all files matching the pattern *.c from the
This would transfer all files matching the pattern *.c from the
current directory to the directory src on the machine foo. If any of
the files already exist on the remote system then the rsync
remote-update protocol is used to update the file by sending only the
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ differences. See the tech report for details.
quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar /data/tmp)
this would recursively transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
This would recursively transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
machine foo into the /data/tmp/bar directory on the local machine. The
files are transferred in "archive" mode, which ensures that symbolic
links, devices, attributes, permissions, ownerships etc are preserved
@@ -132,12 +132,17 @@ size of data portions of the transfer.
quote(rsync -avz foo:src/bar/ /data/tmp)
a trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to transfer
all files from the directory src/bar on the machine foo into the
/data/tmp/. A trailing / on a source name means "copy the
contents of this directory". Without a trailing slash it means "copy
the directory". This difference becomes particularly important when
using the --delete option.
A trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to avoid creating an
additional directory level at the destination. You can think of a trailing
/ on a source as meaning "copy the contents of this directory" as opposed
to "copy the directory by name", but in both cases the attributes of the
containing directory are transferred to the containing directory on the
destination. In other words, each of the following commands copies the
files in the same way, including their setting of the attributes of
/dest/foo:
quote(rsync -avz /src/foo /dest)
quote(rsync -avz /src/foo/ /dest/foo)
You can also use rsync in local-only mode, where both the source and
destination don't have a ':' in the name. In this case it behaves like
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@ an improved copy command.
quote(rsync somehost.mydomain.com::)
this would list all the anonymous rsync modules available on the host
This would list all the anonymous rsync modules available on the host
somehost.mydomain.com. (See the following section for more details.)