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authorWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2004-07-17 16:44:16 +0000
committerWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2004-07-17 16:44:16 +0000
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- Improved the warning about --inplace.
- Fixed the sentence describing how to read standard input with --read-batch.
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@@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ 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.
-WARNING: If the transfer is interrupted, you will have an inconsistent file
-and the transfer should be run again.
+WARNING: The file's data will be in an inconsistent state during the
+transfer (and possibly afterwards 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.
dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the
symlink on the destination.
@@ -915,7 +918,7 @@ section for details.
dit(bf(--read-batch=FILE)) Apply all of the changes stored in FILE, a
file previously generated by --write-batch.
-If em(FILE) is "-" the list will be read from standard input.
+If em(FILE) is "-" the batch data will be read from standard input.
See the "BATCH MODE" section for details.
dit(bf(-4, --ipv4) or bf(-6, --ipv6)) Tells rsync to prefer IPv4/IPv6