rsync - Oct 2018 - rsync --server command line options

Hello,

I ran the following commands:

rsync /tmp/foo remote:
rsync remote:/tmp/foo .

On the remote computer, the following commands were executed:

rsync --server -e.LsfxC . .
rsync --server --sender -e.LsfxC . /tmp/foo

Does anyone know, what is the meaning of the three dots/periods in the
above two commands?  The first command ends with two dots (". .") and
the second command has one dot (namely, the dot before /tmp/foo).

(Yes, I know that --server and --sender are intended for internal use
only.  Despite that, I want to try to get two rsync children to talk
to each other over a pipe created by a non-rsync parent.)

Thank you,

Parke

. is the 'current directory' notation in unix.

.. is the parent directory.

/kc


On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 01:57:09PM -0700, Parke via rsync said:
  >Hello,
  >
  >I ran the following commands:
  >
  >rsync /tmp/foo remote:
  >rsync remote:/tmp/foo .
  >
  >On the remote computer, the following commands were executed:
  >
  >rsync --server -e.LsfxC . .
  >rsync --server --sender -e.LsfxC . /tmp/foo
  >
  >Does anyone know, what is the meaning of the three dots/periods in the
  >above two commands?  The first command ends with two dots (".
.") and
  >the second command has one dot (namely, the dot before /tmp/foo).
  >
  >(Yes, I know that --server and --sender are intended for internal use
  >only.  Despite that, I want to try to get two rsync children to talk
  >to each other over a pipe created by a non-rsync parent.)
  >
  >Thank you,
  >
  >Parke
  >
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On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:29 AM Ken Chase <rsync-list-m829 at sizone.org>
wrote:
> . is the 'current directory' notation in unix.
Yes, I know what dot means to Unix.  However, my question is:  What is
the meaning (to rsync) of the last two arguments to rsync when rsync
is called with the --server option.
> .. is the parent directory.
Except in the example I gave it is dot space dot.  Two separate
arguments, each a single dot.

rsync --server -e.LsfxC . .
rsync --server --sender -e.LsfxC . /tmp/foo

Cheers,

Parke