Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
>Hi all
>
>
>
>This may or may not be of interest to rsync fans (and by the way many
>many
>thanks for all of your help the other week). Here's the situation..
>
>
>
>One of the files I want to backup is an rsync container. As it's a
>container, its' file size is always 100Gb exactly and (I've just
>checked)
>that its' date stamp remains the date I physically moved it from its'
>previous home to my new server - despite the fact the contents have
>changed
>daily since then. So if (as according to rsync's man page) the
>algorithm
>checks for a change in file size or date stamp - it will determine this
>file
>doesn't need attention. Anybody know of a way to bypass this and
>force it
>to copy the file every time?
>
>
>
>It's no great strife of course to just zap the file every time I do the
>backup (or even add a simple cp to the backup script that runs the job)
>but
>just wondered if anyone's come across this before and found a more
>"elegant"
>workaround.
>
>
>
>Cheers
>
>Rob
>
>
>
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Can you 'touch' the file to change its timestamp? Otherwise I can't see a way of doing it.
cheers, Chris
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