Commit e630fd11 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Some --inplace manpage enhancements.

parent d3f5c628
...@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ quote(itemization( ...@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ quote(itemization(
it() The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the transfer it() The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the transfer
and will be left that way if the transfer is interrupted or if an update and will be left that way if the transfer is interrupted or if an update
fails. fails.
it() A file that does not have write permissions cannot be updated. it() A file that rsync cannot write to cannot be updated. While a super user
can update any file, a normal user needs to be granted write permission for
the open of the file for writing to be successful.
it() The efficiency of rsync's delta-transfer algorithm may be reduced if it() The efficiency of rsync's delta-transfer algorithm may be reduced if
some data in the destination file is overwritten before it can be copied to some data in the destination file is overwritten before it can be copied to
a position later in the file. This does not apply if you use bf(--backup), a position later in the file. This does not apply if you use bf(--backup),
...@@ -794,7 +796,8 @@ accessed by others, so be careful when choosing to use this for a copy. ...@@ -794,7 +796,8 @@ accessed by others, so be careful when choosing to use this for a copy.
This option is useful for transferring large files with block-based changes This option is useful for transferring large files with block-based changes
or appended data, and also on systems that are disk bound, not network or appended data, and also on systems that are disk bound, not network
bound. bound. It can also help keep a copy-on-write filesystem snapshot from
diverging the entire contents of a file that only has minor changes.
The option implies bf(--partial) (since an interrupted transfer does not delete The option implies bf(--partial) (since an interrupted transfer does not delete
the file), but conflicts with bf(--partial-dir) and bf(--delay-updates). the file), but conflicts with bf(--partial-dir) and bf(--delay-updates).
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