Re: Bug: rsync erroneously changes modification time

2017-06-11 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
Whenever you use --times (included in --archive) rsync will fix incorrect time stamps. The only thing --size-only is doing is keeping the incorrect data instead of replacing it. The purpose of these options is to "fix" a copy done in a way that did not preserve timestamps but the data is known

Bug: rsync erroneously changes modification time

2017-06-11 Thread max.power--- via rsync
When a file of same length already exists at the destination then the command 'rsync --archive --size-only' (--archive is same as -rlptgoD) may change the modification time of the destination file even if no modification was made. Type the following commands in a terminal in order to