rsync backup

[Robert Holtzman]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 02:11:26PM -0700, Thomas K Gamble wrote:
> On Monday 23 November 2009 11:37:38 am Robert Holtzman wrote:i

> > > -u option
> > > tells rsync to only back up those files that have changed since your last
> > > backup.
> > 
> > I thought that's what rsync did by default.
> > 
> 
> Well, it seems you're right.  I've just gotten into the habit from using -h 
> with cp on systems that didn't have rsync.  Also, it seems this behavior is 
> documented rather obscurely in the --Ignore-times option description in the 
> man page.

Believe me, that's not the only obscurity in the man page.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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