Dan Stromberg wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 02:04:57PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > > The default behavior should not modify files. The general > > purpose is to have the copies be the same as the original. > > A general --chmod or --pmask option might be acceptable for > > modifying the permissions flags but would need to be applied > > in generator as well as reciever. > > We're not modifying the content of files; we're eliminating security > holes. Surely folks see the sense of this? >
I think any tool should be as simple as possible. rsync should do nothing beyond synchronizing files/directories between systems. If you need something beyond that, you should use an additional tool or another tool. Regards, Brad Van Orden Navius Technologies -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
