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authorWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2009-12-30 12:02:52 -0800
committerWayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>2009-12-30 12:29:47 -0800
commit2b2a47383124f9b62834778f61d2ccb1e55f6a0d (patch)
treeccd3546c3b25302694285821531cf3f63d1723c6 /rsync.yo
parent4c4a2962097e618480d37ffffbb2a2714a6ecbf5 (diff)
downloadrsync-2b2a47383124f9b62834778f61d2ccb1e55f6a0d.tar.gz
Add understanding of RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS environment var.
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@@ -1584,6 +1584,20 @@ side will also be translated
from the local to the remote character-set. The translation happens before
wild-cards are expanded. See also the bf(--files-from) option.
+You may also control this option via the RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS environment
+variable. If this variable has a non-zero value, this option will be enabled
+by default, otherwise it will be disabled by default. Either state is
+overridden by a manually specified positive or negative version of this option
+(note that bf(--no-s) and bf(--no-protect-args) are the negative versions).
+Since this option was first introduced in 3.0.0, you'll need to make sure it's
+disabled if you ever need to interact with a remote rsync that is older than
+that.
+
+Rsync can also be configured (at build time) to have this option enabled by
+default (with is overridden by both the environment and the command-line).
+This option will eventually become a new default setting at some
+as-yet-undetermined point in the future.
+
dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a
scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files transferred
on the receiving side. The default behavior is to create each temporary
@@ -3129,7 +3143,10 @@ dit(bf(CVSIGNORE)) The CVSIGNORE environment variable supplements any
ignore patterns in .cvsignore files. See the bf(--cvs-exclude) option for
more details.
dit(bf(RSYNC_ICONV)) Specify a default bf(--iconv) setting using this
-environment variable.
+environment variable. (First supported in 3.0.0.)
+dit(bf(RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS)) Specify a non-zero numeric value if you want the
+bf(--protect-args) option to be enabled by default, or a zero value to make
+sure that it is disabled by default. (First supported in 3.1.0.)
dit(bf(RSYNC_RSH)) The RSYNC_RSH environment variable allows you to
override the default shell used as the transport for rsync. Command line
options are permitted after the command name, just as in the bf(-e) option.