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Normally I would use the --link-dest option to do this but I can't since I'm rsyncing from a Mac to a Samba share on a Linux box and hard links don't work. What I want to do is create a 10 day rotating incremental backup. I used the first script example on the rsync examples page as a template. The only thing I changed was the destination to be a local directory and paths for

...ces) for example an XCode Java project with lots of Java files, everything works fine. Between two syncs, only the modified files get transfered. If I execute the command after 5 minutes, nothing being changed, as expected, nothing is transfered. But, the exact same test on a directory with .graffle, .pdf, .doc, files creates some problems. Files are initially transfered ok. On a second run 5 minutes later, some files get copied again but I see no logic associated with that (I didn't modify any file). I am simply using: rsync -EaH --progress /dirA/ /dirB Any idea what is going on...

...ces) for example an XCode Java project with lots of Java files, everything works fine. Between two syncs, only the modified files get transfered. If I execute the command after 5 minutes, nothing being changed, as expected, nothing is transfered. But, the exact same test on a directory with .graffle, .pdf, .doc, files creates some problems. Files are initially transfered ok. On a second run 5 minutes later, some files get copied again but I see no logic associated with that (I didn't modify any file). I am simply using: rsync -EaH --progress /dirA/ /dirB Any idea what is going on...