Weirdness with --no-times option of rsync

2020-03-22 Thread T. Shandelman via rsync
Hi, rsync experts! Would you please address the following issue (an apparent bug. But I would rather reserve judgment and let you decide). When rsync is run with the --no-times switch, file transfers based on time difference indeed do not happen. HOWEVER... When -i (or -vv ?) is also specified,

Re: Question/comment about -n (dry run) flag of rsync

2020-03-10 Thread T. Shandelman via rsync
No problem On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 18:05 raf via rsync wrote: > raf via rsync wrote: > > > T. Shandelman via rsync wrote: > > > > > Rsync is a remarkably handy tool that I use virtually every day. > > > > > > But there is one thing about rsync th

Question/comment about -n (dry run) flag of rsync

2020-03-10 Thread T. Shandelman via rsync
Rsync is a remarkably handy tool that I use virtually every day. But there is one thing about rsync that drives me totally crazy. Under the -n (dry run) flag, rsync seems to produce exactly the same output as without that flag. I cannot tell you how many times I sit and scratch my head long and