Commit 75b243a5 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Some more --inplace improvements.

parent 9bccfc42
......@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ verb(
--backup-dir make backups into this directory
--suffix=SUFFIX backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)
--inplace update the destination file inplace
--inplace update the destination files inplace
-K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks
-L, --copy-links copy the referent of all symlinks
......@@ -490,14 +490,14 @@ and then move it into place. Instead rsync will overwrite the existing
file, meaning that the rsync algorithm can't extract the full amount of
network reduction it might otherwise.
This option is useful for transfer of large files with block based changes
and also on systems that are disk bound not network bound.
This option is useful for transfer of large files with block-based change
or appended data, and also on systems that are disk bound not network bound.
WARNING: The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the
transfer (and possibly afterward if the transfer gets interrupted), so you
should not use this option to update files that are in use. Also note that
rsync will not update a file inplace that is not writable by the receiving
user.
rsync will be unable to update a file inplace that is not writable by the
receiving user.
dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the
symlink on the destination.
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