> rsync -aiv host:'a simple file.pdf' /dest/
-Older versions of rsync only allowed specifying one remote-source arg, so it
-required the remote side to split the args at a space. You can still get this
-old-style arg splitting by using the [`--old-args`](#opt) option:
+Really old versions of rsync only allowed specifying one remote-source arg, so
+it required the remote side to split the args at a space. You can still get
+this old-style arg splitting by using the [`--old-args`](#opt) option:
> rsync -ai --old-args host:'dir1/file1 dir2/file2' /dest
> rsync -ai --old-args host::'modname/dir1/file1 modname/dir2/file2' /dest
-See that option's section for an environment variable that can be exported to
-help old scripts.
+See that option's section for an [environment variable](#RSYNC_OLD_ARGS) that
+can be exported to help old scripts.
## CONNECTING TO AN RSYNC DAEMON
character-set. The translation happens before wild-cards are expanded.
See also the [`--files-from`](#opt) option.
- You may also control this setting via the [`RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS`)(#)
+ You may also control this setting via the [`RSYNC_PROTECT_ARGS`](#)
environment variable. If it has a non-zero value, this setting will be
enabled by default, otherwise it will be disabled by default. Either state
is overridden by a manually specified positive or negative version of this