Quick rsync question

James Pifer jep at obrien-pifer.com
Tue Feb 21 23:22:39 UTC 2006


> AFAIK the only information that rsync uses to determine if a copy exists
> is in the file that you have on the destination side, eg, timestamp, the
>  filename, etc.  It's not like it has a separate database or something.
>  Have the timestamps changed, eg, the destination timestamps are the
> times the copy was written?  I usually use the switches avz.
> 
> -Andy

No, it looks like timestamps and dates are the same when comparing with
ls -l. The only noticable difference is the ownership.

James




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