Some --inplace manpage enhancements.

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Wayne Davison committed 2011-01-01 18:16:49 -08:00
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@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ quote(itemization(
it() The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the transfer
and will be left that way if the transfer is interrupted or if an update
fails.
it() A file that does not have write permissions cannot be updated.
it() A file that rsync cannot write to cannot be updated. While a super user
can update any file, a normal user needs to be granted write permission for
the open of the file for writing to be successful.
it() The efficiency of rsync's delta-transfer algorithm may be reduced if
some data in the destination file is overwritten before it can be copied to
a position later in the file. This does not apply if you use bf(--backup),
@@ -794,7 +796,8 @@ accessed by others, so be careful when choosing to use this for a copy.
This option is useful for transferring large files with block-based changes
or appended data, and also on systems that are disk bound, not network
bound.
bound. It can also help keep a copy-on-write filesystem snapshot from
diverging the entire contents of a file that only has minor changes.
The option implies bf(--partial) (since an interrupted transfer does not delete
the file), but conflicts with bf(--partial-dir) and bf(--delay-updates).