Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harry Putnam writes: > >> I've rsynced two directory structures back and forth a few times. >> >> [snip] >> >> The file systems in volved are (xp)NTFS on one end and Fat32 on the >> external drive. > > This is the DST problem with how Fat32 represents mtime. > Fat32 uses localtime, so the unix-derived (UTC) mtime with > Fat32 changes with DST. Sad, huh? > > See the excellent write-up by the late JW Schultz: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00995.html >
Yeah, nice write up. Am I correct in thinking that since I've gone thru the long backup I'm now good till next time change? Further, if I converted the fs on the external drive to NTFS or create an ext3 partitions, this would never have happened? -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
