Alex Janssen writes:
> I've been using rsync to create backup copies of all my data files on my
> Linux laptop to my Windows XP Home based desktop for about 6 months
> now. Been working as it should, copying only files that changed since
> the last backup. The first backup I ran after the time change to
> Daylight Saving Time it wanted to copy all of the files regardless of
> the timestamp. It copied old files that had not changed as well as the
> files that had changed. All of the timestamps on the destination ended
> up correctly set after the copy occurred but the appeared to be the same
> before the copy began as well. I am stumped.
>
> I don't know what the system time has to do with it seeing as it is
> comparing file timestamps.
FAT file systems store time stamps in local time, so they change
with DST. See JW Schultz's excellent write up:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00995.html
Craig
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