Commit 42b06481 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Made some descriptions concerning modification times clearer.

parent dbe287b7
......@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --devices preserve device files (super-user only)\n");
rprintf(F," --specials preserve special files\n");
rprintf(F," -D same as --devices --specials\n");
rprintf(F," -t, --times preserve times\n");
rprintf(F," -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times\n");
rprintf(F," -t, --times preserve modification times\n");
rprintf(F," -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times\n");
rprintf(F," --super receiver attempts super-user activities\n");
#ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
rprintf(F," --fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs\n");
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......@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
--devices preserve device files (super-user only)
--specials preserve special files
-D same as --devices --specials
-t, --times preserve times
-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times
-t, --times preserve modification times
-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times
--super receiver attempts super-user activities
--fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
......@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ if no -bf(-backup-dir) was specified, otherwise it is an empty string.
dit(bf(-u, --update)) This forces rsync to skip any files which exist on
the destination and have a modified time that is newer than the source
file. (If an existing destination file has a modify time equal to the
file. (If an existing destination file has a modification time equal to the
source file's, it will be updated if the sizes are different.)
In the current implementation of bf(--update), a difference of file format
......@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ quote(itemization(
by the file transfer.
it() A bf(t) means the modification time is different and is being updated
to the sender's value (requires bf(--times)). An alternate value of bf(T)
means that the time will be set to the transfer time, which happens
means that the modification time will be set to the transfer time, which happens
anytime a symlink is transferred, or when a regular file or device is
transferred without bf(--times).
it() A bf(p) means the permissions are different and are being updated to
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