Commit 07bbf870 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Document the new --append and --append-verify options.

parent 77502cba
......@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
-u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver
--inplace update destination files in-place
--append append data onto shorter files
--append-verify --append w/old data in file cheksum
-d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
-L, --copy-links transform symlink into referent file/dir
......@@ -716,13 +717,22 @@ receiving user.
dit(bf(--append)) This causes rsync to update a file by appending data onto
the end of the file, which presumes that the data that already exists on
the receiving side is identical with the start of the file on the sending
side. If that is not true, the file will fail the checksum test, and the
resend will do a normal bf(--inplace) update to correct the mismatched data.
Only files on the receiving side that are shorter than the corresponding
file on the sending side (as well as new files) are transferred.
Implies bf(--inplace), but does not conflict with bf(--sparse) (though the
bf(--sparse) option will be auto-disabled if a resend of the already-existing
data is required).
side. Any files that are the same size or shorter on the receiving size
are skipped. Files that do not yet exist on the receiving side are also
sent, since they are considered to have 0 length. Implies bf(--inplace),
but does not conflict with bf(--sparse) (since it is always extending a
file's length).
dit(bf(--append-verify)) This works just like the bf(--append) option, but
the existing data on the receiving side is included in the full-file
checksum verification step, which will cause a file to be resent if the
final verification step fails (rsync uses a normal, non-appending
bf(--inplace) transfer for the resend).
Note: prior to rsync 3.0.0, the bf(--append) option worked like
bf(--append-verify), so if you are interacting with an older rsync (or the
transfer is using a protocol prior to 30), specifying either append option
will initiate an bf(--append-verify) transfer.
dit(bf(-d, --dirs)) Tell the sending side to include any directories that
are encountered. Unlike bf(--recursive), a directory's contents are not copied
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