How do I make rsync ignore and not report or update certain parts of the [l]stat(2) struct or checksum when selecting which items to report or update in a hierarchy?
For example, I want to run: rsync -Haxi --delete /hier1/ /hier2/ and have it NOT do anything if say ONLY the modtime differs. Leaving out or in the --times [-t] option from the expansion of -a to -rlptgoD obviously does not do this. That would be a pretty awesome feature to have :) Especially for where modtime is the only thing changed. Commonly caused by someone extracting a cp/tar/cpio/etc without preserving the modtime in particular. I would think the new ignore option bits would apply easily to at least the following fields: size [block or bytes] perms [ideally and optionally modified by some supplied ignore/watch mask] user group timestamp [birth/mod/access/change where applicable] flags checksum Comments on this? -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
