Re: want to write a patch, need help getting started...

2004-04-15 Thread Tim Conway
--archive will make it match up all the timestamps. owners, etc, along with the data. If the metadata matches, it won't read the files to verify content, so you might want to add --checksum to force reading, though that will make it take a whole lot longer. If you want it to leave owner alone,

Re: want to write a patch, need help getting started...

2004-04-15 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:24:46AM -0400, John Taylor wrote: > Is there a way to tell rsync to compare checksums, and if they are > the same, simply change the owner/group/timestamp? The --checksum (-c) option does that when combined with -a. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http:/