Re: Synchronise trees

2005-04-07 Thread Eugene Kramer
take a look at --delay-updates option at http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html: On Apr 7, 2005 5:32 AM, manchmal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would be nice if rsync has the abiltiy to sync a directory full of > files with another directory full of files - but only to update the > local

Re: files' timestamp handling - bug or design decision?

2005-03-31 Thread Eugene Kramer
Nah, "-a" does not work as it implies "--times", which preserves the timestamps. Always. I wanted to avoid that for the files that have not changed aside from the attributes. Wayne Davison confirmed that the combination that I want to do is not possible with rsync right now, so I'll have to work ar

files' timestamp handling - bug or design decision?

2005-03-30 Thread Eugene Kramer
Hello, A few days ago I posted a question about handling timestamps in rsync (Q: rsync - preserve timestamps, but not use it to define files to update), but did not get a single response, so I thought I'd rephrase it. Also, with a new release of rsync out, may be there is some more time that knowl

Q: rsync - preserve timestamps, but not use it to define files to update

2005-03-27 Thread Eugene Kramer
Hello listers, I do not seem to be able to find a combination of rsync switches that updates destination directory only if the contents of the files changes *and* preserves files' original timestamps. What I've tried so far: 1. --checksum --size-only --ignore-times with or without --times switc