Commit fb72aaba authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Document the new --skip-empty-dirs (-k) option.

parent a3869e92
......@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description. verb(
--partial keep partially transferred files
--partial-dir=DIR put a partially transferred file into DIR
--delay-updates put all updated files into place at end
-k, --skip-empty-dirs skip empty directory chains
--numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
--timeout=TIME set I/O timeout in seconds
-I, --ignore-times don't skip files that match size and time
......@@ -1385,6 +1386,22 @@ See also the "atomic-rsync" perl script in the "support" subdir for an
update algorithm that is even more atomic (it uses bf(--link-dest) and a
parallel hierarchy of files).
dit(bf(-k, --skip-empty-dirs)) This option tells the receiving rsync to get
rid of empty directories from the file-list, including nested directories
that have no non-directory children. This is useful for avoiding the
creation of a bunch of useless directories when the sending rsync is
recursively scanning a hierarchy of files using include/exclude/filter
directives. This also affects what directories get deleted when a delete
option was specified (but keep in mind that excluded files are also
protected from deletion).
Here's an example that copies all .pdf files in a hierarchy, only creating
the necessary destination directories to hold the .pdf files, and ensures
that any superfluous files and directories in the destination are removed
(due to a hide filter on non-directories being used instead of an exclude):
quote( rsync -avk --del --include='*.pdf' -f 'hide! */' src/ dest)
dit(bf(--progress)) This option tells rsync to print information
showing the progress of the transfer. This gives a bored user
something to watch.
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