Any time you don't understand why rsync is copying something the first step is to use --itemize-changes to find out what rsync thinks is different about the file.
On 06/18/2016 07:22 AM, Albert Berger wrote:
> For backuping system folders on ArchLinux I use the following command
> per folder:
>
> rsync --update -DHAErlptgo --relative --delete-during $dir $backupdir
>
> The problem is that every file in /root folder and its subfolders is
> copied each time when this command is run. In all other folders only
> new or modified files are copied. The files and the folder itself have
> the following attributes:
>
> [root@kw var]# getfattr /root/.bash_aliases
> [root@kw var]# getfattr /root
> [root@kw var]# ls -ld /root
> drwxr-x--- 29 root root 4096 Jun 18 13:51 /root
> [root@kw var]# ls -l /root/.bash_aliases
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 May 17 2015 /root/.bash_aliases
>
> On backup dir:
>
> [root@kw var]# getfattr /mnt/backup/home/root/.bash_aliases
> [root@kw var]# getfattr /mnt/backup/home/root
> [root@kw var]# ls -ld /mnt/backup/home/root
> drwxr-x---+ 1 root root 0 Jun 18 10:02 /mnt/backup/home/root
> [root@kw var]# ls -l /mnt/backup/home/root/.bash_aliases
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 root root 113 May 17 2015 /mnt/backup/home/root/.bash_aliases
>
> Could someone advise what can cause such rsync's behaviour?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Albert.
>
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