prevent newer file from being written on

[Paul Slootman]

On Tue 04 Sep 2007, OOzy Pal wrote:
> 
> I am using this to sync two dir
> 
> rsync -a -v -r orig/ new \
> --exclude "d.zip" \
> --exclude "a1"
> 
> Now, how can I prevent files in the orig dir from overwriting newer
> file in the new dir?

A simple search for "newer" in the manpage shows as first hit:

    -u, --update          skip files that are newer on the receiver


Paul Slootman