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author | David Dykstra <dwd@samba.org> | 2002-01-28 17:06:04 +0000 |
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committer | David Dykstra <dwd@samba.org> | 2002-01-28 17:06:04 +0000 |
commit | d82434cf27f71d18013c626a2baff068c00d84c1 (patch) | |
tree | 242a09f50d416dcff2640166e69b815967a8c32b | |
parent | cd6058f3d4213d884d27e39c26c4c66439d33fa9 (diff) | |
download | rsync-d82434cf27f71d18013c626a2baff068c00d84c1.tar.gz |
Clarify the --force entry in the rsync man page.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -489,13 +489,11 @@ then use the --delete-after switch. dit(bf(--ignore-errors)) Tells --delete to go ahead and delete files even when there are IO errors. -dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if -they are not empty. This applies to both the --delete option and to -cases where rsync tries to copy a normal file but the destination -contains a directory of the same name. - -Since this option was added, deletions were reordered to be done depth-first -so it is hardly ever needed anymore except in very obscure cases. +dit(bf(--force)) This option tells rsync to delete directories +when non-directories (for example symlinks or plain files) take their +place even if the deleted directories are not empty. This applies to both +the --delete option and to cases where rsync tries to copy a normal file +but the destination contains a directory of the same name. dit(bf(-B , --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details. |