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| author | David Dykstra <dwd@samba.org> | 2002-05-09 21:44:46 +0000 |
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| committer | David Dykstra <dwd@samba.org> | 2002-05-09 21:44:46 +0000 |
| commit | 759ac87019791378c4a97b541e7cdf1349dd4c69 (patch) | |
| tree | a9d920f06a8527ea525f5e7a67c12cf1d2601de9 /rsync.yo | |
| parent | a1e0e45e0121de619175e86db2e34be62b862646 (diff) | |
| download | rsync-759ac87019791378c4a97b541e7cdf1349dd4c69.tar.gz | |
Submit enhancement from Michael Zimmerman to allow --suffix to be used
with --backup-dir.
Diffstat (limited to 'rsync.yo')
| -rw-r--r-- | rsync.yo | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ verb( -R, --relative use relative path names -b, --backup make backups (default ~ suffix) --backup-dir make backups into this directory - --suffix=SUFFIX override backup suffix + --suffix=SUFFIX define backup suffix -u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files) -l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks -L, --copy-links copy the referent of symlinks @@ -374,10 +374,15 @@ control the backup suffix using the --suffix option. dit(bf(--backup-dir=DIR)) In combination with the --backup option, this tells rsync to store all backups in the specified directory. This is -very useful for incremental backups. +very useful for incremental backups. You can additionally +specify a backup suffix using the --suffix option +(otherwise the files backed up in the specified directory +will keep their original filenames). dit(bf(--suffix=SUFFIX)) This option allows you to override the default backup suffix used with the -b option. The default is a ~. +If --backup-dir and --suffix are both specified, +the SUFFIX is appended to the filename even in the backup directory. 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 |