On 10/4/07, Frank Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This action is the simplest method of performing an rsync, but it would be > nice to have rsync to be intelligent enough to recognize a name change but > not an inode change on the source.
The --detect-renamed option provided by the patch "patches/detect-renamed.diff" in the rsync source package would help in the scenario you described. It differs in two ways from what you are proposing: (1) Since rsync is stateless, --detect-renamed has no way of tracking inode numbers. Thus, it just pairs similar-looking deletions and creations according to the quick check criteria (defaulting to size and mtime). (2) --detect-renamed works at the level of individual regular files, so in your scenario it would detect some large number of file renames rather than a directory name. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
