From 97d68dd4097451c654bbac1587b44c909e90c2f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Dunlop Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:12:49 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Expand the --link-by-hash manual entry Signed-off-by: Chris Dunlop --- rsync.yo | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 9d2e155..ea2892e 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -1831,6 +1831,11 @@ bf(--link-dest) from working properly for a non-super-user when bf(-o) was specified (or implied by bf(-a)). You can work-around this bug by avoiding the bf(-o) option when sending to an old rsync. +dit(bf(--link-by-hash=DIR)) This option hard links files into em(DIR), a +link farm arranged by MD4 file hash. The result is that the system +will only store one copy of the unique contents of each file, regardless +of the file's name. + dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses the file data as it is sent to the destination machine, which reduces the amount of data being transmitted -- something that is useful over a slow connection. -- 1.7.0.4