Thanks for your response. I was wondering if it was a UNIX thing. I am using the cwRsync www.itefix.no on Windows 2000. I agree making platform specific changes wouldn't make much sense.
I guess I best check out robocopy.exe and see if that can do what I need it to in this instance. For anything non creation date important rsync will still be my main staple. Thanks again Ian > On typical UNIX system there is no such thing as file creation time; > what ctime refers to is inode change time; Usually it cannot be set by > user-mode software. > So your request could be implemented only on specific platforms. And that would > not make much sense, IMHO. > > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Ian Webber wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:52:29 +0100 > > From: Ian Webber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Feature Request Creation date/time > > > > Hello, > > > > I use rsync to copy personal data to various different machines for backup > > purposes and enjoy the robustness of the copy process. > > > > I was wondering if it was possible to add the option for rsync to copy the > > creation date and time as well as the modification time. > > > > This is really just a request for 'completeness'. When copying personal > > files it's useful to know when the orginal was created and not just the last > > time it was modified. > > > > I understand that rsync doesn't need this information to do its job but feel > > it would be a useful addition if it was able to be implemented. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
