Hi folks, "--numeric-ids" is a lot of text and easy to be forgotten or misspelled. Since it is a highly important option for making backups of remote systems via rsync I wonder if "-N" could be introduced as an abbreviation for "--numeric-ids"? "-N" is not in use yet, afaics. Just a suggestion, of course. Keep on your good work. Regards Harri -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rsync-N.diff Type: text/x-patch Size: 706 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/attachments/20161118/2e393c83/rsync-N.bin>
On Fri 18 Nov 2016, Harald Dunkel wrote:> > "--numeric-ids" is a lot of text and easy to be forgotten or > misspelled. > > Since it is a highly important option for making backups of > remote systems via rsync I wonder if "-N" could be introduced > as an abbreviation for "--numeric-ids"? "-N" is not in use yet, > afaics.Here's a "me too"; I remember actually trying to use -N a couple of times instead of --numeric-ids because it's the natural thing to use... Paul
On 11/18/2016 10:49 AM, Paul Slootman wrote:> On Fri 18 Nov 2016, Harald Dunkel wrote: >> >> "--numeric-ids" is a lot of text and easy to be forgotten or >> misspelled. >> >> Since it is a highly important option for making backups of >> remote systems via rsync I wonder if "-N" could be introduced >> as an abbreviation for "--numeric-ids"? "-N" is not in use yet, >> afaics. > > Here's a "me too"; I remember actually trying to use -N a couple of > times instead of --numeric-ids because it's the natural thing to use... >I created an enhancement request: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440 Regards Harri