Rsync failed to set times (on temporary files)

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Fri Feb 5 04:01:28 UTC 2021


I am not sure if I have missed information here but...  Rsync only sets
the mtime on files that it completely transferred.  The back-dating of a
file is rsync's guarantee that that file was completely transferred and
verified.

On 2/2/21 9:03 PM, Leon Vanderploeg via rsync wrote:
> Windows Cygwin rsync is version 3.1.1
> 
> Ubuntu version is 3.1.2
> 
> Ubuntu file system is ext4
> 
> Rsync command main options -rtlg0D ( see attachment for full view)
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