John, Thank you for the reply but this box actually shows this runs linux and a version of samba, and the drive is running the ext3 file system but you have given me great info and I am getting ready to try it right now.
-----Original Message----- From: John Van Essen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:14 PM To: Savage, Elijah; rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: rsync to a SOHO NAS copies files everytime On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Savage, Elijah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to use a SOHO NAS to rsync my music dir to. Every time I run > the command it copies the entire dir and files each time. ... > I am using FreeBSD 5.4 with the latest port build and I run the command > below to try and accomplish what I need. But what I have done since the > NAS is running smbfs I have simply mounted this drive with mount_smbfs > to /musicbackup/. As you can see below it copies every file each time. If you are copying from a *nix filesystem to a Windows filesystem (which is implied by your use of mountsmbfs) then the timestamps may not be matching since Windows uses a 2-second granularity. Try using the 'stat' command on a file in the source and destination: stat "/music/Reggae/Damon Marly/01 - Confrontation.mp3" stat "/musicbackup/Damon Marly/01 - Confrontation.mp3" The "Modify" times should be the same, down to the second. If they differ by one second, use --modify-window=1 and that will allow rsync to match the timestamps. (Wayne - the "copies every file" entry in the FAQ should also mention this problem with Windows timestamps. Even though it may not be "every file", it may seem like it...) John -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
