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Some --inplace manpage enhancements.
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@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ quote(itemization(
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it() The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the transfer
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and will be left that way if the transfer is interrupted or if an update
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fails.
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it() A file that does not have write permissions cannot be updated.
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it() A file that rsync cannot write to cannot be updated. While a super user
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can update any file, a normal user needs to be granted write permission for
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the open of the file for writing to be successful.
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it() The efficiency of rsync's delta-transfer algorithm may be reduced if
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some data in the destination file is overwritten before it can be copied to
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a position later in the file. This does not apply if you use bf(--backup),
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@@ -794,7 +796,8 @@ accessed by others, so be careful when choosing to use this for a copy.
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This option is useful for transferring large files with block-based changes
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or appended data, and also on systems that are disk bound, not network
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bound.
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bound. It can also help keep a copy-on-write filesystem snapshot from
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diverging the entire contents of a file that only has minor changes.
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The option implies bf(--partial) (since an interrupted transfer does not delete
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the file), but conflicts with bf(--partial-dir) and bf(--delay-updates).
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