Commit 9e8ea423 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Document the new --chmod option.

parent 0c983c1f
......@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
-D, --devices preserve devices (root only)
-t, --times preserve times
-O, --omit-dir-times omit directories when preserving times
--chmod=CHMOD change destination permissions
-S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently
-n, --dry-run show what would have been transferred
-W, --whole-file copy files whole (without rsync algorithm)
......@@ -697,6 +698,14 @@ it is preserving modification times (see bf(--times)). If NFS is sharing
the directories on the receiving side, it is a good idea to use bf(-O).
This option is inferred if you use bf(--backup) without bf(--backup-dir).
dit(bf(--chmod)) This options tells rsync to apply the listed "chmod" pattern
to the permission of the files on the destination. In addition to the normal
parsing rules specified in the chmod manpage, you can specify an item that
should only apply to a directory by prefixing it with a 'D', or specify an
item that should only apply to a file by prefixing it with a 'F'. For example:
quote(--chmod=Dg+s,ug+w,Fo-w,+X)
dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers,
instead it will just report the actions it would have taken.
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