On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:29 +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 02:32:34PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > > > On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote: > > > > > > > > > > BTW, is there a reason why you're doing -r and not -a ? > > > > > > > > > I don't want some of the options that -a gives me, in particular not > > > > the -D and -l. > > > > > > That's what the -no-* things are for. You could use -a -no-D -no-l > > > > > Maybe, but it's simpler just to put -r, does all I want! :-) > > Well, it'll transfer your files, but it will read and checksum every > file each time you run the rsync command, instead of being able to skip > files that are unchanged. It can't see which files are unchanged as > you're not setting mtime, perms, user/group ownerships. Hence it's much > more efficient in the long run to use at least the -tpgo options.
Only mtime is used in the decision of whether a file needs to be transferred, so -t is enough. I personally find it clearer to list the things I do want preserved rather than pass -a and subtract the things I don't want preserved. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
