--link-dest in man page

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Wed Jun 16 21:06:34 GMT 2004


On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:14:32PM -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> The description of --link-dest in the rsync man page should probably
> clarify that DIR is, unless it is an absolute path, relative to the
> destination directory, not the CWD.

This is in the --link-dest description in CVS:

    Like --compare-dest, if DIR is a relative path, it is relative to
    the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).

..wayne..


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