| 1 | This patch from Antti Tapaninen added the --omit-dir-changes option, which |
| 2 | tells rsync to not affect any attributes on the directories in the transfer. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build: |
| 5 | |
| 6 | patch -p1 <patches/omit-dir-changes.diff |
| 7 | ./configure (optional if already run) |
| 8 | make |
| 9 | |
| 10 | --- old/generator.c |
| 11 | +++ new/generator.c |
| 12 | @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern int preserve_specials; |
| 13 | extern int preserve_hard_links; |
| 14 | extern int preserve_perms; |
| 15 | extern int preserve_times; |
| 16 | +extern int omit_dir_changes; |
| 17 | extern int uid_ndx; |
| 18 | extern int gid_ndx; |
| 19 | extern int delete_mode; |
| 20 | @@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ void itemize(const char *fnamecmp, struc |
| 21 | int keep_time = !preserve_times ? 0 |
| 22 | : S_ISDIR(file->mode) ? preserve_times > 1 |
| 23 | : !S_ISLNK(file->mode); |
| 24 | + int omit_changes = omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode); |
| 25 | |
| 26 | if (S_ISREG(file->mode) && F_LENGTH(file) != sxp->st.st_size) |
| 27 | iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_SIZE; |
| 28 | @@ -569,10 +571,11 @@ void itemize(const char *fnamecmp, struc |
| 29 | #endif |
| 30 | if (!BITS_EQUAL(sxp->st.st_mode, file->mode, CHMOD_BITS)) |
| 31 | iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_PERMS; |
| 32 | - if (uid_ndx && am_root && (uid_t)F_OWNER(file) != sxp->st.st_uid) |
| 33 | + if (uid_ndx && am_root && !omit_changes |
| 34 | + && (uid_t)F_OWNER(file) != sxp->st.st_uid) |
| 35 | iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_OWNER; |
| 36 | - if (gid_ndx && !(file->flags & FLAG_SKIP_GROUP) |
| 37 | - && sxp->st.st_gid != (gid_t)F_GROUP(file)) |
| 38 | + if (gid_ndx && !omit_changes |
| 39 | + && !(file->flags & FLAG_SKIP_GROUP) && sxp->st.st_gid != (gid_t)F_GROUP(file)) |
| 40 | iflags |= ITEM_REPORT_GROUP; |
| 41 | #ifdef SUPPORT_ACLS |
| 42 | if (preserve_acls && !S_ISLNK(file->mode)) { |
| 43 | @@ -1288,7 +1291,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, |
| 44 | real_sx = sx; |
| 45 | if (file->flags & FLAG_DIR_CREATED) |
| 46 | statret = -1; |
| 47 | - if (!preserve_perms) { /* See comment in non-dir code below. */ |
| 48 | + if (!preserve_perms || omit_dir_changes) { /* See comment in non-dir code below. */ |
| 49 | file->mode = dest_mode(file->mode, sx.st.st_mode, |
| 50 | dflt_perms, statret == 0); |
| 51 | } |
| 52 | --- old/options.c |
| 53 | +++ new/options.c |
| 54 | @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int preserve_specials = 0; |
| 55 | int preserve_uid = 0; |
| 56 | int preserve_gid = 0; |
| 57 | int preserve_times = 0; |
| 58 | +int omit_dir_changes = 0; |
| 59 | int update_only = 0; |
| 60 | int cvs_exclude = 0; |
| 61 | int dry_run = 0; |
| 62 | @@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F) |
| 63 | rprintf(F," -D same as --devices --specials\n"); |
| 64 | rprintf(F," -t, --times preserve modification times\n"); |
| 65 | rprintf(F," -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times\n"); |
| 66 | + rprintf(F," --omit-dir-changes omit directories from any attribute changes\n"); |
| 67 | rprintf(F," --super receiver attempts super-user activities\n"); |
| 68 | #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS |
| 69 | rprintf(F," --fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs\n"); |
| 70 | @@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] |
| 71 | {"omit-dir-times", 'O', POPT_ARG_VAL, &omit_dir_times, 1, 0, 0 }, |
| 72 | {"no-omit-dir-times",0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &omit_dir_times, 0, 0, 0 }, |
| 73 | {"no-O", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &omit_dir_times, 0, 0, 0 }, |
| 74 | + {"omit-dir-changes", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &omit_dir_changes, 0, 0, 0 }, |
| 75 | {"modify-window", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &modify_window, OPT_MODIFY_WINDOW, 0, 0 }, |
| 76 | {"super", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &am_root, 2, 0, 0 }, |
| 77 | {"no-super", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &am_root, 0, 0, 0 }, |
| 78 | @@ -1451,6 +1454,8 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc_p, const c |
| 79 | parse_rule(&filter_list, backup_dir_buf, 0, 0); |
| 80 | } |
| 81 | |
| 82 | + if (omit_dir_changes) |
| 83 | + omit_dir_times = 1; |
| 84 | if (make_backups && !backup_dir) { |
| 85 | omit_dir_times = 0; /* Implied, so avoid -O to sender. */ |
| 86 | if (preserve_times > 1) |
| 87 | @@ -1687,6 +1692,8 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *ar |
| 88 | argstr[x++] = 'm'; |
| 89 | if (omit_dir_times) |
| 90 | argstr[x++] = 'O'; |
| 91 | + if (omit_dir_changes == 1) |
| 92 | + args[ac++] = "--omit-dir-changes"; |
| 93 | } else { |
| 94 | if (copy_links) |
| 95 | argstr[x++] = 'L'; |
| 96 | --- old/rsync.c |
| 97 | +++ new/rsync.c |
| 98 | @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int preserve_xattrs; |
| 99 | extern int preserve_perms; |
| 100 | extern int preserve_executability; |
| 101 | extern int preserve_times; |
| 102 | +extern int omit_dir_changes; |
| 103 | extern int am_root; |
| 104 | extern int am_server; |
| 105 | extern int am_sender; |
| 106 | @@ -397,9 +398,11 @@ int set_file_attrs(const char *fname, st |
| 107 | updated = 1; |
| 108 | } |
| 109 | |
| 110 | - change_uid = am_root && uid_ndx && sxp->st.st_uid != (uid_t)F_OWNER(file); |
| 111 | + change_uid = am_root && uid_ndx && sxp->st.st_uid != (uid_t)F_OWNER(file) |
| 112 | + && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode)); |
| 113 | change_gid = gid_ndx && !(file->flags & FLAG_SKIP_GROUP) |
| 114 | - && sxp->st.st_gid != (gid_t)F_GROUP(file); |
| 115 | + && sxp->st.st_gid != (gid_t)F_GROUP(file) |
| 116 | + && !(omit_dir_changes && S_ISDIR(sxp->st.st_mode)); |
| 117 | #if !defined HAVE_LCHOWN && !defined CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK |
| 118 | if (S_ISLNK(sxp->st.st_mode)) { |
| 119 | ; |
| 120 | --- old/rsync.yo |
| 121 | +++ new/rsync.yo |
| 122 | @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a |
| 123 | -D same as --devices --specials |
| 124 | -t, --times preserve modification times |
| 125 | -O, --omit-dir-times omit directories from --times |
| 126 | + --omit-dir-changes omit directories from any attribute changes |
| 127 | --super receiver attempts super-user activities |
| 128 | --fake-super store/recover privileged attrs using xattrs |
| 129 | -S, --sparse handle sparse files efficiently |
| 130 | @@ -965,6 +966,10 @@ it is preserving modification times (see |
| 131 | the directories on the receiving side, it is a good idea to use bf(-O). |
| 132 | This option is inferred if you use bf(--backup) without bf(--backup-dir). |
| 133 | |
| 134 | +dit(bf(--omit-dir-changes)) This tells rsync to omit directories when applying |
| 135 | +any preserved attributes (owner, group, times, permissions) to already existing |
| 136 | +directories. |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | dit(bf(--super)) This tells the receiving side to attempt super-user |
| 139 | activities even if the receiving rsync wasn't run by the super-user. These |
| 140 | activities include: preserving users via the bf(--owner) option, preserving |