Hello, A few days ago I posted a question about handling timestamps in rsync (Q: rsync - preserve timestamps, but not use it to define files to update), but did not get a single response, so I thought I'd rephrase it. Also, with a new release of rsync out, may be there is some more time that knowledgeable people have :-) So here it goes.
I want to be able to do two things together: -- transfer files from the source to destination only if the files' contents is changed -- when the files are transfered, I want to preserve original timestamp The first item is taken care by --size-only and --checksum The second - by --times. However, when the two are combined, the destination gets updated whenever the files in the source are touched. I have a directory, where some tool creates files - database exports, for example. I want to check in these exports into a source control, which is timestamp sensitive and I do not want to create a new version every time the file is exported. So I have a staging area, where the data gets exported from the database, and I want to update my source control work area from the staging, but transfer only files, which actually changed. By looking at the switches available in rsync, I assumed that a combination of --times and --checksum would do what I want, but apparently, --times not only tells rsync to preserve timestamps on transfer, but also to consider the files for the transfer if there is a discrepancy in the mtime of the files. You help is highly appreciated. 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
