rsync send "non-rsync" options to the server side (--remote-option) and (--protect-args)

[John Lane]

Hello, I asked the below back at the beginning of August but have
received no replies. If anyone can help me with this problem it would be
much appreciated. If I have not provided some necessary information then
please let me know so I may do so. Thanks in advance.

> I have been working on a backup server where I have a server-side script
> that wraps the server-side rsync invocation. I have used the client-side
> rsync -M (--remote-option) to send options to the server script,
> removing them from the command-line prior to invoking the server-side
> rsync. This was discussed on Stack Exchange
> (http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/297143). It works well.
> 
> However, one observation is that the rsync client's -s (--protect-args)
> option passes all arguments directly into the rsync server and only
> sends a minimal rsync command-line to launch the server-side rsync.
> 
> This means my script does not see -M options when -s is used. It also
> means that the server-side rsync receives options not intended for it
> and these cause it to terminate.
> 
> I note from the man-page that the -s option "will eventually become a
> new default setting at some as-yet-undetermined point in the future".
> When that happens, it will break what I have above.
> 
> So, a couple of questions:
> 
> * is using -M the right way to send non-rsync options to the server side ?
> 
> * could it be considered for -s to not affect non-rsync options that
> have been specified with -M ?
> 
> Thanks for your attention.
>