From: Wayne Davison Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 16:30:18 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Mention --link-dest limit. X-Git-Tag: v3.1.3pre1~20 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=276a9836bd5232d081b18590e013aabaf587577b;p=thirdparty%2Frsync.git Mention --link-dest limit. --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index fad7b2f9..39a16fed 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ ownership (such as OS X's "Ignore ownership on this volume" option). Beginning in version 2.6.4, multiple bf(--link-dest) directories may be provided, which will cause rsync to search the list in the order specified -for an exact match. +for an exact match (there is a limit of 20 such directories). If a match is found that differs only in attributes, a local copy is made and the attributes updated. If a match is not found, a basis file from one of the em(DIR)s will be