From 740289652347573508688d7fb3e7e48d697f8742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 16:04:02 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak an older NEWS item to be a bit clearer. --- NEWS.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md index fb656288..555d16f5 100644 --- a/NEWS.md +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -227,10 +227,14 @@ Wildcards are not escaped in filename args, but they are escaped in options like the [`--suffix`](rsync.1#opt) and [`--usermap`](rsync.1#opt) values. - If your rsync script depends on the old arg-splitting behavior, either run - it with the [`--old-args`](rsync.1#opt) option or `export RSYNC_OLD_ARGS=1` - in the script's environment. See also the [ADVANCED USAGE](rsync.1#) - section of rsync's manpage for how to use a more modern arg style. + + If a script depends on the old arg behavior (perhaps because it quotes or + protects the args already, or perhaps because it expects arg splitting), + there are two easy ways to get things going with a modern rsync: either + `export RSYNC_OLD_ARGS=1` in the script's environment (perhaps in the script + itself) or add the option [`--old-args`](rsync.1#opt) to the rsync commands + that are run. See also the [ADVANCED USAGE](rsync.1#) section of rsync's + manpage for how to use a more modern arg style. - A long-standing bug was preventing rsync from figuring out the current locale's decimal point character, which made rsync always output numbers -- 2.11.4.GIT