Using rsync-2.4.6: Is a times difference supposed to cause a write?
Also -t vs -I makes no difference. Below shows the problem, I think: [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ mkdir x y [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ cp /bin/ls x [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ ls -l x/ls -rwxr-xr-x 1 dmahurin users 43024 Nov 13 12:46 x/ls [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ rsync -vrtW x/ y building file list ... done ./ ls ./ wrote 43112 bytes read 36 bytes 86296.00 bytes/sec total size is 43024 speedup is 1.00 [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ touch x/ls [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ rsync -vrtW x/ y building file list ... done ls ./ wrote 43116 bytes read 36 bytes 86304.00 bytes/sec total size is 43024 speedup is 1.00 [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ touch x/ls [dmahurin@pc16 /tmp]$ rsync -vrIW x/ y building file list ... done ls wrote 43116 bytes read 36 bytes 86304.00 bytes/sec total size is 43024 speedup is 1.00