[ale] [Slightly OT] rsync problem

[Joe Knapka]

Danny Cox <danscox at mindspring.com> writes:

> Joe,
> 
> On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 19:16, Joe Knapka wrote:
> > I've been using rsync to update a web site, and I've run into an odd
> > problem. Rsync seems to always "touch" the destination files (updating
> > their modification times to "now"), whether they've changed or
> > not. This is a serious problem, because some of the site functionality
> > relies on the modification times of the content files.
> 
> 	Of course, rsync has a zillion options, but one thing that comes to
> mind is: are the machine's times in sync?  If not, it may be confusing
> rsync.  Also see the '-t' option.  Also also check your version:
> rsync.samba.org has released version 2.5.6.

The "-t" option was what I needed. I don't know why I didn't see
that the first five times I read the man page :-P

Thanks,

-- Joe Knapka