From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:20:30 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention that `--crtimes` support is spotty.
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0pre1~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6e2321973e163f7c7f22fad4db5fd1bc3638710;p=thirdparty%2Frsync.git

Mention that `--crtimes` support is spotty.
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diff --git a/rsync.1.md b/rsync.1.md
index ee0a4f39..16dbf20c 100644
--- a/rsync.1.md
+++ b/rsync.1.md
@@ -1636,7 +1636,9 @@ expand it.
 0.  `--crtimes`, `-N,`
 
     This tells rsync to set the create times (newness) of the destination
-    files to the same value as the source files.
+    files to the same value as the source files. Your OS & filesystem must
+    support the setting of arbitrary creation (birth) times for this option
+    to be supported.
 
 0.  `--omit-dir-times`, `-O`