Karl - thanks heaps! ( I think I was looking at an old man page, that doesn't show that option). Just what we need - thanks. Rob. ?On 10/2/20, 15:51, "Karl O. Pinc" <kop at karlpinc.com> wrote: On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 03:27:39 +0000 "Bell, Robert \(IM&T, Clayton\) via rsync" <rsync at lists.samba.org> wrote: > We have a scenario where we need to take a copy of a filesystem, and > use rsync to do so, but would like to retain the original access > times on the source files. I did not find an option to do this, and > would be grateful for advice if this is possible. From the man page: --noatime do not alter atime when opening source files Regards, Karl <kop at karlpinc.com> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein