rsync - Apr 2007 - error on --copy-dirlinks shortform in manpage

Hi,

A minor bug in the manpage was noticed by a Debian user...
(Please keep the 418923-forwarded@bugs.debian.org in the Cc list in
replies.)

diff -u -r1.399 rsync.yo
--- rsync.yo    23 Jan 2007 15:34:43 -0000      1.399
+++ rsync.yo    12 Apr 2007 19:30:17 -0000
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 also ignored. Using this option in conjunction with bf(--relative) may
 give unexpected results.
 
-dit(bf(-K, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
+dit(bf(-k, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
 a symlink to a directory as though it were a real directory.  This is
 useful if you don't want symlinks to non-directories to be affected, as
 they would be using bf(--copy-links).

Capital -K is for --keep-dirlinks.


Paul Slootman

Your message dated Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:35:32 +0200
with message-id <20070412193532.GA13950@msgid.wurtel.net>
has caused the Debian Bug report #418923,
regarding Manpage:  copy-dirlinks is -k, not -K
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
author(s) rsync@lists.samba.org.

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Wayne already fixed this in the CVS version of rsync:

http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/rsync/rsync.yo#rev1.402

Matt

On 4/12/07, Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A minor bug in the manpage was noticed by a Debian user...
> (Please keep the 418923-forwarded@bugs.debian.org in the Cc list in
> replies.)
>
> diff -u -r1.399 rsync.yo
> --- rsync.yo    23 Jan 2007 15:34:43 -0000      1.399
> +++ rsync.yo    12 Apr 2007 19:30:17 -0000
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
>  also ignored. Using this option in conjunction with bf(--relative) may
>  give unexpected results.
>
> -dit(bf(-K, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
> +dit(bf(-k, --copy-dirlinks)) This option causes the sending side to treat
>  a symlink to a directory as though it were a real directory.  This is
>  useful if you don't want symlinks to non-directories to be affected,
as
>  they would be using bf(--copy-links).
>
> Capital -K is for --keep-dirlinks.
>
>
> Paul Slootman
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