From e7bf3e5e874556f792d905bb5a2834aecfde328c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:17:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Last bug fix for 2.5.0? Make the documentation for -a point out that it does not in fact propagate hardlinsk. --- rsync.yo | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index d4209ab4..9853f278 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -334,8 +334,13 @@ explicitly checked on the receiver and any files of the same name which already exist and have the same checksum and size on the receiver are skipped. This option can be quite slow. -dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick way -of saying you want recursion and want to preserve everything. +dit(bf(-a, --archive)) This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick +way of saying you want recursion and want to preserve almost +everything. + +Note however that bf(-a) bf(does not preserve hardlinks), because +finding multiply-linked files is expensive. You must separately +specify bf(-H). dit(bf(-r, --recursive)) This tells rsync to copy directories recursively. If you don't specify this then rsync won't copy -- 2.34.1