From 1aa8b6bc7db815688a44671950f4cdd64c3df1fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bescoto Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:41:19 +0000 Subject: Update --remove-older-than and --force git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@705 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109 --- rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- cgit v1.2.1