On Wed 17 Dec 2014, David Jennings wrote: > Hi all. I have a strange issue with sync'ing from a USB-attached ext4 file > system on one machine, to a USB-attached ext3 file system on another.
> The sync works fine (a few thousand files). If I run it again straight away, > or a few minutes later, rsync reports no action required. > > But if I wait for a few hours and run it again it copies all the files > again. > > I'm trying to determine what's making it think the files are not up-to-date. > I have all the debug flags turned on. Am I missing something that will let > me know what rsync is thinking? Use -i (or --itemize-changes), that's more helpful in determining _why_ a file is being updated. > I've just noticed that "set modtime" differs between the two runs. If I do > an ls now on that directory I get: The times of a directory are hardly useful, writing a file or renaming a file in that directory will update the modification time of the directory. Check file timestamps if you're trying to track something down, but first try it with -i (and leave out all the debugging, that might just obscure the -i output). Paul -- 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
