Hi, this is a question regarding the behavior of the --update option for the recursive replication of directories. rsync 3.0.7-2 shows the following behavior on a Debian squeeze system (ext4):
After running the following commands the adjusted ownership of the subdirectory /tmp/dst/sub below the target directory is overwritten and its newer modification time is reset to that of the older corresponding source directory: #################### mkdir -p /tmp/src/sub rsync -auAX /tmp/src/ /tmp/dst # now adjust target and update it's mtime chown nobody /tmp/dst/sub touch /tmp/dst/sub # mtime and ownership gets reset to root during next rsync: rsync -auAX /tmp/src/ /tmp/dst #################### This cought me by surprise, as I expected the --update option to cause rsync to consider the modification timestamp of the target subdir as newer and skip it. This works for files, but doesn't seem to apply to directories. Is this behavior intended? If so, is there a combination of options or a workaround to avoid changing the status of the target subdirectory (while still synchronizing its content)? Cheers, Arvid -- Arvid Requate Open Source Software Engineer Univention GmbH -- 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
