From 341745d4d5e6432779516262330874bb87be2970 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood <nick@craig-wood.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:11:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs on server side copy --- docs/content/docs.md | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md index b24ef0b9e..a28ab3378 100644 --- a/docs/content/docs.md +++ b/docs/content/docs.md @@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ If you are using the root directory on its own then don't quote it Server Side Copy ---------------- -Drive, S3, Dropbox, Swift and Google Cloud Storage support server side -copy. +Most remotes (but not all - see [the +overview](/overview/#optional-features)) support server side copy. This means if you want to copy one folder to another then rclone won't download all the files and re-upload them; it will instruct the server @@ -159,11 +159,12 @@ Eg Will copy the contents of `oldbucket` to `newbucket` without downloading and re-uploading. -Remotes which don't support server side copy (eg local) **will** -download and re-upload in this case. +Remotes which don't support server side copy **will** download and +re-upload in this case. Server side copies are used with `sync` and `copy` and will be -identified in the log when using the `-v` flag. +identified in the log when using the `-v` flag. The may also be used +with `move` if the remote doesn't support server side move. Server side copies will only be attempted if the remote names are the same.