Rsync -u option

[Matthew Flaschen]

Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen:
> 
>> Does the rsync -u option consider mtime (modification time) or atime
>> (access time)?  I had been thinking it was mtime, but now I'm not so sure...
> 
> Judging from man rsync
> 
> |-u, --update
> |       This forces rsync to skip any files which exist on the  destina‐
> |       tion  and  have  a  modified  time that is newer than the source
> |       file.  (If an existing destination file has a modification  time
> |       equal  to the source file’s, it will be updated if the sizes are
> |       different.)
> 
> it seems to me that mtime is indeed what counts (as I, too, was thinking).

I plead guilty to only half RTFM this time.  /ed over (searched in most
pager) to the first -u with an explanation, but failed to notice that it
was under "OPTIONS SUMMARY" (and the detailed option was later).  Thank you.

Matt Flaschen