Re: Troubleshooting RSYNC

2018-08-05 Thread John Long via rsync
Hi, On Sat, 2018-08-04 at 15:28 -0600, Leon via rsync wrote: > Greetings, > > I am having a problem with rsync deleting entire folders and files > and then attempting to recopy the entire contents of the folder(s) > even though they are up to date. The task is syncing from ubuntu > (rsync versi

Re: How should I be using rsync with FAT32/VFAT

2018-01-16 Thread John Long via rsync
On Tue, 2018-01-16 at 13:51 -0500, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: > You don't have to change the system setting just change the TZ env > variable in the terminal you run rsync in. > Good point, thanks -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or c

Re: How should I be using rsync with FAT32/VFAT

2018-01-16 Thread John Long via rsync
for #2 is to always run > rsync in a time zone that does not have clock changes (ie env TZ=UTC > rsync --modify-window=2 ) This way rsync will copy the > timestamps > using the same interpretation of what they mean. > > > On 01/16/2018 12:48 PM, John Long via rsync wrot

How should I be using rsync with FAT32/VFAT

2018-01-16 Thread John Long via rsync
Hi, I have been using rsync for over ten years. Thank you! It is a great tool. Recently I had the misfortune to have to use it to sync files to a USB stick that is for a platform that only supports FAT32. After missing the point a few times and having it copy some of the same directories and fil