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Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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[SOLVED] rsync updating files that have not changed

I am trying to setup a backup system for my laptop.  I have a USB hard drive (FAT formatted because I need to backup my wifes Windows laptop too).  However, rsync keeps updating files that have not been touched in anyway between backups.  In fact if I run my backup script twice in a row without otherwise using my computer, some files still get rewritten.

The rsync command I am using is:

rsync --force --ignore-errors -rv --delete 

Any ideas why this is happening.  I removed the options to preserve time, permissions etc because FAT does not support this.

Edit:  It turns out the advise I read on the internet is wrong and FAT can have time preserved.  This fixed the problem

Last edited by Allan (2007-08-20 13:34:36)

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