The branch, master has been updated
via f55d35c5 Try to be clearer that --append-verify isn't a
general-purpose-copy option.
from 6af8e114 Don't force cygwin to solaris ACLs anymore.
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=shortlog;h=master
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commit f55d35c5a030d9fef8340b65d77205d38706443e
Author: Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org>
Date: Tue Nov 20 14:17:32 2018 -0800
Try to be clearer that --append-verify isn't a general-purpose-copy option.
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Summary of changes:
rsync.yo | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Changeset truncated at 500 lines:
diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 71008576..99177363 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -889,7 +889,9 @@ dit(bf(--append-verify)) This works just like the
bf(--append) option, but
the existing data on the receiving side is included in the full-file
checksum verification step, which will cause a file to be resent if the
final verification step fails (rsync uses a normal, non-appending
-bf(--inplace) transfer for the resend).
+bf(--inplace) transfer for the resend). It otherwise has the exact same
+caveats for files that have not grown larger, so don't use this for a
+general copy.
Note: prior to rsync 3.0.0, the bf(--append) option worked like
bf(--append-verify), so if you are interacting with an older rsync (or the
--
The rsync repository.
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