rsync 2.5.0 and cygwin

[Stephen More]

The fix for my problem was to add the "--modify-window 2".

Perhaps this fix should be added to the FAQ for "copies every file".

-Thanks for your help.
Stephen More


>I think this issue is cygwin related, but I am not getting much response
from the cygwin list so I'll try here.
>
>I have installed rsync 2.5.0 on both an NT and Windows 98 running cygwin.
>
>On the Windows 98 box it appears to be writing the files everytime rsync
runs.
>Here are the stats from the -v option:
>
>NT 1st pass	wrote 432 bytes	read 214537 bytes	total 587944	speedup is 2.74
>NT 2nd pass	wrote 16 bytes	read 770 bytes	total 587944	speedup is 748.02
>
>98 1st pass	wrote 432 bytes	read 214537 bytes	total 587944	speedup is 2.74
>98 2nd pass	wrote 4312 bytes	read 1200 bytes	total 587944	speedup is 106
>
>What is really starnge is why did 98 write more on the second pass then on
the first pass ?
>
>Is this a cygwin bug or an rsync bug ?
>
>
>-Thanks
>Stephen More