[ale] [Slightly OT] rsync problem

[Danny Cox]

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.

	HTH!

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Danny