>On Sat, 4 May 2002, Michael Fischer wrote: >> 1. If I touched only the corrupted file, so the file times differed, >> then rsync did update the destination file. >> >> 2. If I used the --checksum flag, then it updated correctly. >> >> But just a plain rsync failed to notice that the files were different.
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Wayne Davidson wrote: > Then it sounds like rsync was behaving exactly as it should. By default > it just compares the file times and size and omits anything that appears > to be up-to-date by that standard. The --checksum option tells it to go > a step farther and check if the checksums match before deciding if the > files are really the same (which is extremely slow and not usually > needed, so it's not on by default). Thanks for pointing this out. On re-reading the man page, I just came across the -I (--ignore-times) option, which both explains rsync's normal behavior in this case and how to circumvent it. --Mike -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
