Hi, On 15.01.2014 18:18:13, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > As rsync is a tool for unidirectional(!) synchronization of differences > between file-trees. I would think: Yes. That is intended behaviour. > > I don't seen an option to only exclude directories if newer, but there > is an option to ignore directory-times completely: --omit-dir-times
just to avoid a misunderstanding: I was referring to the status of directories (mtime, ownership, etc.), not to the files contained below them. My intention is to let rsync treat the status of directories just like it treats the status of plain files: If the option "--update" is specified, it should IMHO only modify the status of a target directory if its modification time is not newer than that of the source directory. It may be a question of debate how to behave if the directory content changed, but if it did not change, and the target is newer, then I would expect "-- update" to protect the target from regressive status changes. This is how it works for files. Is there any technical reason why it this option apparently has not effect in the case of directories? -- Dr. Arvid Requate Open Source Software Engineer Univention GmbH be open. Mary-Somerville-Str.1 28359 Bremen Tel. : +49 421 22232-52 Fax : +49 421 22232-99 requ...@univention.de http://www.univention.de Geschäftsführer: Peter H. Ganten HRB 20755 Amtsgericht Bremen Steuer-Nr.: 71-597-02876 -- 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
