Rsync backups up files that have not changed

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Sun Nov 10 20:44:52 MST 2013


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You aren't using -a or -t so rsync isn't copying timestamps so it has
no idea what has changed and what hasn't.

On 11/10/13 22:39, Felipe Alvarez wrote:
> rsync -b --suffix=.felipe /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2 remote_host:/tmp/
> 
> If file1 has not changed, I still get a /tmp/file1.felipe file
> which is 100% exactly the same as /tmp/file1
> 
> Can this be prevented, while still backing up files that have
> changed?
> 
> Cheers, Felipe
> 
> 

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