[ale] RSync Permissions Question

[Jeff Dilcher]

yes, one would think... and one would be wrong!
At least, I was!

:)



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Joseph A.
To: ale at ale.org
Knapka
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 10:36 PM
To: Wandered Inn
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] RSync Permissions Question


Wandered Inn wrote:
> 
> Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> >
> > Actually, these have been synced from
> >
> > Linux  -->  WinME --> Linux
> >
> > Shouldn't the file that winds up on Linux
> > have the same permsissions as it did when
> > it originated from there.
> 
> I don't think so, because there's no concept of perms in WinME,
> therefore, there's no way for WinME to pass on perms from the first
> Linux box to the second.

That being the case, one might expect that if the file being sync'd
already exists on the Linux side, rsync would leave the perms
alone.


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