On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:38:22AM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
> However, I guess I wasn't very clear, the point of touching the local
> file was to create a mismatch between the date and time of the local
> copy and the remote copy. Would the -c option do something more than
> would be done based on the date mismatch?
Yes. The -c option will perform a complete math checksum of the file
on each end to ensure that it is the same file, rather than just checking
size/time/etc and assuming.
> Also, in a subsequent email I raise the question about whether the
> problem is because my local partition is a vfat partition. Any idea?
Not a problem that I'm aware of, although someone on this list might know
otherwise. Certainly ownerships/permissions don't have much meaning.
-drew
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