rsync - May 2006 - ignoring file times - but still examining content

Hello.
I would like to transfer files which have changed on another box.

The rsync man page says:
--size-only
 ..This is useful when starting to use rsync after using another mirroring
system which may not preserve timestamps exactly..

Which is my situation.

My problem is that the size-only switch (clearly) ignores files with different
content, but that have the same size.

I'd like to ignore timestamps but still examine content.

How can I do that?

On Tue 23 May 2006, tyko brown wrote:
> I'd like to ignore timestamps but still examine content.
Use the --checksum option.


Paul Slootman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul@debian.org
> Sent: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:09:39 +0200
> To: rsync@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: ignoring file times - but still examining content
> 
> On Tue 23 May 2006, tyko brown wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to ignore timestamps but still examine content.
> 
> Use the --checksum option.
> 
> 
> Paul Slootman
Thanks.

Assuming the problem is Windows and time zones and daylight savings etc.
man rsync
--modify-window=NUM   compare mod times with reduced accuracy.

Windows still uses the old DOS method of storing times, which can't put 
the value of the seconds into a 32-bin number, so can only represent 
even seconds. (That's the theoretical best it can do)
I think going on or coming off Daylight Savings cause times to go
beserk, generally by an hour (3600 seconds or so)

Guessing, but
--modify-window=4000
should make your life a bit more pleasant.

If your problem is time-zones, laugh, but do the math and ...
> -----Original Message-----
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> tyko brown
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:52 AM
> To: rsync@lists.samba.org
> Subject: ignoring file times - but still examining content
> 
> 
> Hello.
> I would like to transfer files which have changed on another box.
> 
> The rsync man page says:
> --size-only
>  ..This is useful when starting to use rsync after using another 
> mirroring system which may not preserve timestamps exactly..
> 
> Which is my situation.
> 
> My problem is that the size-only switch (clearly) ignores files 
> with different content, but that have the same size.
> 
> I'd like to ignore timestamps but still examine content.
> 
> How can I do that?
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