Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?

2009-03-30 Thread André Hänsel
Hi, usually I use rsync with -a but recently I used it without this option and discovered that the same files are synced over and over again (as shown by -v). Of course the rsync algorithm avoids the traffic but the files are all listed. As soon as I use -a for one time those files are not

Re: Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?

2009-03-30 Thread Hendrik Visage
perhaps using Windows or FAT32 type filesystems? On 3/30/09, André Hänsel an...@webkr.de wrote: Hi, usually I use rsync with -a but recently I used it without this option and discovered that the same files are synced over and over again (as shown by -v). Of course the rsync algorithm avoids

Re: Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?

2009-03-30 Thread Wayne Davison
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 02:13:49PM +0200, Andr? H?nsel wrote: usually I use rsync with -a but recently I used it without this option and discovered that the same files are synced over and over again (as shown by -v). You should at least specify -t when not using -a. See the -a option in the

is it possible to continue rsync after network interruption?

2009-03-30 Thread Matthias Meyer
I rsync a remote destination which has a daily network interruption of round about 5 minutes. Is it possible to configure rsync to wait in such a case this 5 minutes and continue the rsync as soon as the network connection is established again? I use rsyncd with perl::rsync (backuppc) through a