Commit 5b483755 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Document the --fuzzy (-y) option.

parent d2004814
......@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
--size-only skip files that match in size
--modify-window=NUM compare mod-times with reduced accuracy
-T, --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR
-y, --fuzzy find similar file for basis if no dest file
--compare-dest=DIR also compare received files relative to DIR
--copy-dest=DIR ... and include copies of unchanged files
--link-dest=DIR hardlink to files in DIR when unchanged
......@@ -909,6 +910,16 @@ scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files
transferred on the receiving side. The default behavior is to create
the temporary files in the receiving directory.
dit(bf(-y, --fuzzy)) This option tells rsync that it should look for a
basis file for any destination file that is missing. The current algorithm
looks in the same directory as the destination file for either a file that
has an identical size and modified-time, or a similarly-named file. If
found, rsync uses the fuzzy basis file to try to speed up the transfer.
Note that the use of the bf(--delete) option might get rid of any potential
fuzzy-match files, so either use bf(--delete-after) or specify some
filename exclusions if you need to prevent this.
dit(bf(--compare-dest=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use em(DIR) on
the destination machine as an additional hierarchy to compare destination
files against doing transfers (if the files are missing in the destination
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