rsync - Mar 2010 - Rsync copies all files, not just changed files

Hello all,

I have a strange problem where rsync is copying over all files instead of
just the ones that have changed.

My setup:
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Backup server runs a script that calls rsync in more or less this form:
   "rsync --rsh=ssh user at remote.server.com:/backups/stuff
/localbackup"

Of course, I use a # of options, but the main ones are "-axS"

Just in case, here are the other options I use: --delete --force --stats
--cvs-exclude --bwlimit=100 --exclude-from=rsync-excludes.txt
--delete-excluded


Backing Up Other Machines
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I've tried and use this same script from the same backup machine against
other servers (on different hosts) and found that the exact same set of
options worked just fine.

Other Tests
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I've scoured the lists and Web for solutions and tried things like
--size-only, --ignore-times, --checksum and --whole-file. I've broken down
my list of options to nothing and tried countless combinations (using dry
runs), but haven't had any luck. I keep getting the notorious "Matched
data:
0 bytes" in my stats.

At this point, the only thing that I can think of is something to do with
the target server (CentOS release 5.4, 2.6.18.8, i686), but I can't think of
what exactly.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA.

_KJH
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> I have a strange problem where rsync is copying over all files instead of
just the ones that have changed.
If you examine a file at either end which is being re-copied are the permission
and ownership settings for this destination file the same as the permission and
ownership on the remote source files. In particular, check the ownership of the
files.

If the ownership is not matching then typically (someone please correct me if I
am mistaken) rsync will re-copy the file.


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On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 15:35 -0800, Khalid J Hosein
wrote:
> I have a strange problem where rsync is copying over all files instead
> of just the ones that have changed.
http://rsync.samba.org/FAQ.html#2

Pass -i and see what shows up in the output.

-- 
Matt