rsync - May 2014 - [Bug 10603] New: rsync between local folder and mounted nfs folder sometimes overwrites newer files

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10603

           Summary: rsync between local folder and mounted nfs folder
                    sometimes overwrites newer files
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.9
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: hipparchus2000 at gmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


Not sure of the core reason here but perhaps a network problem causes an
unhandled exception that allows rsync to think the older file should overwrite
the newer file.
My OS is Ubuntu 13.10
rsync 3.0.9 

command used is the same as in the man page.
rsync -avz src dest

Most of the time seemed to work fine, just occasionally not.
Unfortunately the "occasionally not" wiped a couple of days of email.

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--- Comment #1 from Kevin Korb <rsync at sanitarium.net> 2014-05-09
23:16:14 UTC ---
It is supposed to do that unless you supply --update.

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--- Comment #2 from Kevin Korb <rsync at sanitarium.net> 2014-05-09
23:16:41 UTC ---
Oh, also, don't -z unless rsync is networking.

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Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #3 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> 2014-05-10
05:59:42 UTC ---
As noted earlier, the cited command should just copy everything, as it did.

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--- Comment #4 from Jeff Davies <hipparchus2000 at gmail.com> 2014-05-10
08:29:44 UTC ---
Of course. For some reason I thought -a included -u behaviour.
Perhaps suggest adding -u to the example on the man page? I know it isn't
wrong, but may be more what people want to do?

     "....ing commands copies the files in the same way, including their 
setting
     of the attributes of /dest/foo:

              rsync -av /src/foo /dest
              rsync -av /src/foo/ /dest/foo   "


I know the -z doesn't do anything in filesystem to filesystem.

Thanks folks.

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