Commit 32c7f91a authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

A couple improvements for the --only-write-batch section.

parent b28a27e9
......@@ -1276,17 +1276,24 @@ of zero specifies no limit.
dit(bf(--write-batch=FILE)) Record a file that can later be applied to
another identical destination with bf(--read-batch). See the "BATCH MODE"
section for details.
section for details, and also the bf(--only-write-batch) option.
dit(bf(--only-write-batch=FILE)) Works like bf(--write-batch), except that
no updates are made on the destination system when creating the batch.
This lets you transport the changes to the destination system via some
other means and then apply the changes via bf(--read-batch). Note that
you can feel free to write the batch directly to some portable media: if
this media fills to capacity before the end of the transfer, you can just
apply that partial transfer to the destination and repeat the whole process
to get the rest of the changes (as long as you don't mind a partially
updated destination system while the multi-update cycle is happening).
other means and then apply the changes via bf(--read-batch).
Note that you can feel free to write the batch directly to some portable
media: if this media fills to capacity before the end of the transfer, you
can just apply that partial transfer to the destination and repeat the
whole process to get the rest of the changes (as long as you don't mind a
partially updated destination system while the multi-update cycle is
happening).
Also note that you only save bandwidth when pushing changes to a remote
system because this allows the batched data to be diverted from the sender
into the batch file without having to flow over the wire to the receiver
(when pulling, the sender is remote, and thus can't write the batch).
dit(bf(--read-batch=FILE)) Apply all of the changes stored in FILE, a
file previously generated by bf(--write-batch).
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