[ale] [Slightly OT] rsync problem

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Friday 10 October 2003 05:47 pm, Joe Knapka wrote:
> 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

Is there a reason you aren't using the "-a" option?  That is the archive 
option which does everything I want, usually.  In particular, it include 
"-t", which explains why I've never had you specific symptom.

Michael