Clarify what happens to files already in the --backup-dir DIR

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Nick Craig-Wood 2017-01-16 19:26:56 +00:00
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@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ respectively.
When using `sync`, `copy` or `move` any files which would have been
overwritten or deleted are moved in their original hierarchy into this
directory.
directory. Files with matching paths already in DIR will be
overwritten.
The remote in use must support server side move or copy and you must
use the same remote as the destination of the sync. The backup
@ -207,6 +208,9 @@ will sync `/path/to/local` to `remote:current`, but for any files
which would have been updated or deleted will be stored in
`remote:old`.
If running rclone from a script you might want to use today's date as
the directory name passed to `--backup-dir` to store the old files.
### --bwlimit=BANDWIDTH_SPEC ###
This option controls the bandwidth limit. Limits can be specified