On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 05:23:38PM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > I'm rsyncing some files from a linux server down to a FAT partition on > my laptop (FAT because I want to access the files from both Linux and > Windoze). Unfortunately rsync thinks some of the files are different > (when they're not) and therefore deletes the copied file and recopies it > down. Any ideas on what the problem might be? > > Here's the command I'm using: > > rsync -av -e ssh --delete --delete-during --force --modify-window=5 > linuxserver:stuff/ stuff/
-a means (at least) preserve -p (permissions) as well as -o (owner) -g (group) and -l (links) not all of which make sense on VFAT. I'd just try -rtE (recursive, preserve times and executability) If that doesn't work, maybe the times are out of synch on the boxes; try synching them or tell rsync to determine similarity on content (-c -- checksum, not mod-time & size) Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
