From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 07:59:51 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention `--protect-args` in `--chown` info.
X-Git-Tag: v3.2.3pre1~13
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=91eaffe13f29e9a42032a9f1cd2983e09d7b1ec9;p=thirdparty%2Frsync.git

Mention `--protect-args` in `--chown` info.
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diff --git a/rsync.1.md b/rsync.1.md
index 7a73faa0..18afe102 100644
--- a/rsync.1.md
+++ b/rsync.1.md
@@ -2584,6 +2584,8 @@ your home directory (remove the '=' for that).
     option to have any effect, the `-g` (`--groups`) option must be used (or
     implied), and the receiver will need to have permissions to set that group.
 
+    If your shell complains about the wildcards, use `--protect-args` (`-s`).
+
 0.  `--chown=USER:GROUP`
 
     This option forces all files to be owned by USER with group GROUP.  This is
@@ -2594,7 +2596,8 @@ your home directory (remove the '=' for that).
     USER is empty, a leading colon must be supplied.
 
     If you specify "`--chown=foo:bar`", this is exactly the same as specifying
-    "`--usermap=*:foo --groupmap=*:bar`", only easier.
+    "`--usermap=*:foo --groupmap=*:bar`", only easier.  If your shell complains
+    about the wildcards, use `--protect-args` (`-s`).
 
 0.  `--timeout=SECONDS`