That seems to have done the trick! Thanks very much for the tip. Frank
>From: Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Frank McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Some files always copied to W2K system >Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:38:25 -0500 > >Does using --modify-window=2 solve your problem? Some windows filesystems >don't have 1 second granularity timestamps. > >- Dave Dykstra > >On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 09:53:57AM +0000, Frank McNamara wrote: > > I am copying from a rsync --daemon > > (have tried from both W2K/cygwin & Linux daemons) to a W2K machine. > > > > Some files get copied every time even though they haven't been touched > > since the last copy. I have experimented and deturmined that the file > > size seems to be important. If the file is between 926 & 933 bytes > > long it will always be copied!! Other sizes and possibly other aspects >of > > the files are causing this as well. I'm using > > > > rsync -avz otherend::something somewherelocal > > > > The same file from the same server into a Linux machine behaves > > exactly as it should (i.e. copied the first time only unless changed) > > > > uname -a on the W2K gives: > > CYGWIN_NT-5.0 FRANKNT-2 1.3.4(0.47/3/2) 2001-11-05 16:15 i686 unknown > > > > and rsync --version > > rsync version 2.5.5 protocol version 26 > > Copyright (C) 1996-2002 by Andrew Tridgell and others > > <http://rsync.samba.org/> > > Capabilities: 32-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, >batchfiles, > > no IPv6, 32-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums > > > > rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you > > are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU > > General Public Licence for details. > > > > As far as I can see all files are updated, so nothing is lost, but it is > > wasting bandwidth which is one of the great things about rsync! > > > > Anyone seen this before? Anyone know if there are fixes for it? > > > > Frank McNamara > > MCH Konsulting Sweden > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe or change options: > > http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > > Before posting, read: >http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > >-- >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync >Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html