Hello listers, I do not seem to be able to find a combination of rsync switches that updates destination directory only if the contents of the files changes *and* preserves files' original timestamps.
What I've tried so far: 1. --checksum --size-only --ignore-times with or without --times switch. 2. --modify-window=4294967295 3. --size-only w/o --times and with -I (upper case i) The results: either timestamp gets set whenever there is a difference in the timestamps between src and dst, or the timestamp of the transmission gets set for the files in the destination. rsync 2.6.3, Solaris 2.8 Example of a desired behavior. I have directories /tmp/a and /tmp/b with the following files: /tmp/a: -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 0 Mar 27 17:22 a -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 0 Mar 27 17:22 b /tmp/b: -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 0 Mar 26 16:44 a -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 0 Mar 26 16:44 b I want rsync switches that won't update /tmp/b in above case, but if /tmp/b is empty, I want /tmp/b/a and /tmp/b/b files to be created with "Mar 27 17:22" timestamp. Thank you, Eugene. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
