Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 11:44:11
Message-Id: 201005291242.59426.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: rsync to a USB stick by Remy Blank
1 On Saturday 29 May 2010 11:34:25 Remy Blank wrote:
2 > Mick wrote:
3 > > Is there a cleverer option I can add to rsync so that it only copies new
4 > > files, overwrites older versions of the same and only deletes any files
5 > > or directories that have been deleted from the source directory?
6 >
7 > See the --modify-window option in the rsync man page. In particular, the
8 > resolution of timestamps on FAT is 2 seconds, so you may want to use
9 > --modify-window=1.
10
11 Nice one! Will try this next time and see if it makes a difference.
12 --
13 Regards,
14 Mick

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