1 A patch from Stefan Müller to add the --downdate option, which works
2 in the opposite manner as --update.
4 To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
6 patch -p1 <patches/downdate.diff
7 ./configure (optional if already run)
12 @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
13 extern int remove_source_files;
14 extern int delay_updates;
15 extern int update_only;
16 +extern int downdate_only;
17 extern int ignore_existing;
18 extern int ignore_non_existing;
20 @@ -1144,6 +1145,13 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
24 + if (downdate_only && statret == 0
25 + && cmp_time(st.st_mtime, file->modtime) < 0) {
27 + rprintf(FINFO, "%s is older\n", fname);
32 fnamecmp_type = FNAMECMP_FNAME;
34 @@ -1452,7 +1460,7 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, struct fi
36 csum_length = SUM_LENGTH;
37 max_size = min_size = ignore_existing = ignore_non_existing = 0;
38 - update_only = always_checksum = size_only = 0;
39 + downdate_only = update_only = always_checksum = size_only = 0;
41 if (append_mode) /* resend w/o append mode */
42 append_mode = -1; /* ... but only longer files */
45 @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ int preserve_gid = 0;
46 int preserve_times = 0;
47 int omit_dir_times = 0;
49 +int downdate_only = 0;
53 @@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
54 rprintf(F," --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR\n");
55 rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
56 rprintf(F," -u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver\n");
57 + rprintf(F," -w, --downdate skip files that are older on the receiver\n");
58 rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
59 rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
60 rprintf(F," -d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing\n");
61 @@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
62 {"size-only", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &size_only, 0, 0, 0 },
63 {"one-file-system", 'x', POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, 'x', 0, 0 },
64 {"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },
65 + {"downdate", 'w', POPT_ARG_NONE, &downdate_only, 0, 0, 0 },
66 {"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
67 {"ignore-non-existing",0,POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
68 {"ignore-existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_existing, 0, 0, 0 },