From 759ac87019791378c4a97b541e7cdf1349dd4c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Dykstra Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 21:44:46 +0000 Subject: Submit enhancement from Michael Zimmerman to allow --suffix to be used with --backup-dir. --- rsync.yo | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'rsync.yo') diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index b8880f2e..5b9c677b 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.1