[ale] [Slightly OT] rsync problem

[Joe Knapka]

"Michael D. Hirsch" <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:

> > 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.

Gah, really no excuse for missing that one, is there? I guess I didn't
so much "read" the manpage as "skim" it -- when reading a 40-page man
entry, there comes a point when my attention starts to wander. This is
me, slapping self on wrist.

-- Joe Knapka