Hi, I have been using rsync for over ten years. Thank you! It is a great tool.
Recently I had the misfortune to have to use it to sync files to a USB stick that is for a platform that only supports FAT32. After missing the point a few times and having it copy some of the same directories and files needlessly I saw the timestamps on the source files (in reasonable filesystems like JFS, XFS, etc.) were a few seconds different from those on the VFAT filesystem on the USB check. Looking around the net this is a popular issue with FAT32 and people get around it by ignoring timestamps or by using -rt instead of the usual -a Do you have recommendations on the best way to keep file trees in sync when one of them is FAT32 and the other is a real filesystem? Thanks, John Long -- 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
