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| -rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index cbd61a1..c8a0f1c 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ Exclude all socket files. Exclude all symbolic links. .TP .B --force -Authorize the updating or overwriting of a destination path. +Authorize a more drastic modification of a directory than usual (for +instance, when overwriting of a destination path, or when removing +multiple sessions with +.BR --remove-older-than ). rdiff-backup will generally tell you if it needs this. .TP .BI "--group-mapping-file " filename |