On Mon 10 Jan 2005, Gabby James wrote: > > On my client I use the following command: > /usr/local/bin/rsync --verbose --progress --stats --recursive --links > --perms --compress 10.X.X.X::ftpscript/ /home/g/test
I would have expected to see the --times option also... Or just the -a option. > I pasted output of my rsync command below. The FAQ mentioned people > thinking files were transferred every time when in reality only permissions > or group were being updated. When I compare the files on my client & > server, the permissions, owner & group are the same. > > What am I missing? Why is every file being transferred every time? Are they actually? Check the ctime of the files before and after the transfer (ls -lc). Also, are any of the files (source or dest) hardlinked? Also, the files are pretty tiny, I wouldn't be surprised that transferring the files is more efficient than checking for changes :-) Paul Slootman -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html