rsync - Jun 2011 - Unconditionally transfer files

Is there a way to make rsync unconditionally transfer files,
i.e. create them anew even if the target already exists and is
identical to the source ?

rsync -I looks closer but still avoids transferring the files.

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Andr? Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/

The advantage of rsync is that it saves tons of bandwidth by sending only
the changes.

For your use case, why not just use "scp -r" instead of rsync?


On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Andre Majorel <aym-2cnysr at
teaser.fr>wrote:
> Is there a way to make rsync unconditionally transfer files,
> i.e. create them anew even if the target already exists and is
> identical to the source ?
>
> rsync -I looks closer but still avoids transferring the files.
>
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On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 14:31 +0200, Andre Majorel wrote:
> Is there a way to make rsync unconditionally transfer files,
> i.e. create them anew even if the target already exists and is
> identical to the source ?
> 
> rsync -I looks closer but still avoids transferring the files.
Maybe "rsync -I --whole-file" is what you want?  Not sure why.

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Matt

On 6/18/2011 8:31 AM, Andre Majorel wrote:
> Is there a way to make rsync unconditionally transfer files,
> i.e. create them anew even if the target already exists and is
> identical to the source ?
>
> rsync -I looks closer but still avoids transferring the files.
>
-IW

What I don't understand is why people say they don't know why you'd
want
to do that without knowing any of your context.

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bkw