Thanks Matt, Tested again a bit and indeed: permissions on source and destination are different:
[h...@localhost rsync-test]$ cd ~/rsync-files/rsync-test/ [h...@localhost rsync-test]$ ls -l total 24 drwxrwxr-x 2 hans hans 4096 2010-09-02 18:24 2bchanged/ drwxrwxr-x 2 hans hans 4096 2010-09-03 16:45 New Folder/ drwxrwxr-x 2 hans hans 4096 2010-09-03 16:42 New Folder (2)/ [h...@localhost rsync-test]$ cd /mnt/backup//rsync-test/ [h...@localhost rsync-test]$ ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 1 hans hans 0 2010-09-02 18:24 2bchanged/ drwxr-xr-x 1 hans hans 0 2010-09-03 16:45 New Folder/ drwxr-xr-x 1 hans hans 0 2010-09-03 16:42 New Folder (2)/ and indeed - although I specified rsync -vvv (most verbose output) - rsync "silently ignores chmod(2) calls" with emphasis on "silently": 2010/09/03 16:45:49 [7882] send_files(15, /home/hans/rsync-files/rsync-test/New Folder) 2010/09/03 16:45:49 [7882] cd+++++++++ send home/hans/rsync-files/rsync-test/New Folder 2010/09/03 16:45:49 [7882] set modtime of rsync-test/New Folder to (1283525117) Fri Sep 3 16:45:17 2010 2010/09/03 16:45:49 [7882] delete_in_dir(rsync-test/New Folder) Since it is just a backup of my own personal workstation I decided to to use rsync -a --no-p .... : when restoring I just have to re-apply the correct permissions (if required at all). I decided to also remove the --log-file-format at all. This gives the log-file I prefer. Thanks for your comments and recommendations, Kind regards, Hans Troost -- 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
