Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?
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 transferred again, even when I remove the -a again. So I suspect, when building the file list, rsync doesn't take into account that it won't be able to transfer some attributes anyway (because of missing -a) and tries again to transfer them. Is this the desired behaviour? This is valid for rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29. Regards, André -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?
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 the traffic but the files are all listed. As soon as I use -a for one time those files are not transferred again, even when I remove the -a again. So I suspect, when building the file list, rsync doesn't take into account that it won't be able to transfer some attributes anyway (because of missing -a) and tries again to transfer them. Is this the desired behaviour? This is valid for rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29. Regards, André -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: Why are files synced again and again when not using -a?
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 manpage to see what options it implies. ..wayne.. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
