On 8 September 2015 at 13:57, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> wrote: Hi Kevin.
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The ctime will always be newer or the same as the mtime. This is > because changing the mtime also changes the ctime as does other things > like changing the permissions. > > Rsync only pays attention to the mtime because rsync can set a > specific mtime (--times) but setting a specific ctime is impossible as > it would violate the basic *nix security model. Therefore ctime can't > be copied, therefore ctime can't ever be expected to match, therefore > it is useless to rsync. If this is the case I don't understand the behaviour I'm seeing here. The files mtime haven't changed, the time-stamps of the copies on the backup server and the time-stamp on the iSCSI mount are the same (the mtime, that is; the ctimes differ, obviously, as all files have the time-stamp of the mount-event). Do you have an explanation? > Rsync should be using the delta transfer algorithm (unless > - --whole-file) so it really should just be determining what is > different about the file then transferring those differences. --stats > would help determine this. Hmmmm ... Doesn't look like it to me. -- 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
