linux 2.6.8rc2 gained an O_NOATIME open option, which allows you to make backups without affecting the atime. Someone might like to add this into rsync as an option. It should be pretty trivial. -- Martin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/attachments/20040722/d96ef70b/attachment.bin