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| author | Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org> | 2004-04-23 05:14:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org> | 2004-04-23 05:14:39 +0000 |
| commit | adddd075eb60cc540790e48f82c000c383abe043 (patch) | |
| tree | 64be274a5c6a2b04f9cea326a326d3e26ffdd21d /rsync.yo | |
| parent | a0c823b22b81d5ecb01058e4a14186f6252f959e (diff) | |
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Mention how --update behaves when the type of the file differs on
the source and destination systems.
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@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@ dit(bf(-u, --update)) This forces rsync to skip any files for which the destination file already exists and has a date later than the source file. +In the currently implementation, a difference of file format is always +considered to be important enough for an update, no matter what date +is on the objects. In other words, if the source has a directory or a +symlink where the destination has a file, the transfer would occur +regardless of the timestamps. This might change in the future (feel +free to comment on this on the mailing list if you have an opinion). + dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the symlink on the destination. |