From db0443cf9064fc2feee303845a013ccf648a8f49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:58:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added "SORTED TRANSFER ORDER" manpage section. --- rsync.yo | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 0670af5e..3c0bfc00 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -281,6 +281,19 @@ daemon (including stand-alone and inetd configurations). If you're using one of the remote-shell transports for the transfer, there is no need to manually start an rsync daemon. +manpagesection(SORTED TRANSFER ORDER) + +Rsync always sorts the specified filenames into its internal transfer list. +This handles the merging together of the contents of identically named +directories, makes it easy to remove duplicate filenames, and may confuse +someone when the files are transferred in a different order than what was +given on the command-line. + +If you need a particular file to be transferred prior to another, either +separate the files into different rsync calls, or consider using +bf(--delay-updates) (which doesn't affect the sorted transfer order, but +does make the final file-updating phase happen much more rapidly). + manpagesection(EXAMPLES) Here are some examples of how I use rsync. -- 2.47.2