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)
10 diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
13 @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
14 extern int remove_source_files;
15 extern int delay_updates;
16 extern int update_only;
17 +extern int downdate_only;
18 extern int ignore_existing;
19 extern int ignore_non_existing;
21 @@ -1723,6 +1724,13 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
25 + if (downdate_only && statret == 0
26 + && cmp_time(sx.st.st_mtime, file->modtime) < 0) {
28 + rprintf(FINFO, "%s is older\n", fname);
33 fnamecmp_type = FNAMECMP_FNAME;
35 @@ -2092,6 +2100,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
36 ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
37 ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
38 update_only = -update_only;
39 + downdate_only = -downdate_only;
40 always_checksum = -always_checksum;
41 size_only = -size_only;
42 append_mode = -append_mode;
43 @@ -2117,6 +2126,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
44 ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
45 ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
46 update_only = -update_only;
47 + downdate_only = -downdate_only;
48 always_checksum = -always_checksum;
49 size_only = -size_only;
50 append_mode = -append_mode;
51 diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
54 @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ int preserve_uid = 0;
56 int preserve_times = 0;
58 +int downdate_only = 0;
62 @@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
63 rprintf(F," --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR\n");
64 rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
65 rprintf(F," -u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver\n");
66 + rprintf(F," -w, --downdate skip files that are older on the receiver\n");
67 rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
68 rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
69 rprintf(F," --append-verify like --append, but with old data in file checksum\n");
70 @@ -534,6 +536,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
71 {"no-one-file-system",'x',POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
72 {"no-x", 'x', POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
73 {"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },
74 + {"downdate", 'w', POPT_ARG_NONE, &downdate_only, 0, 0, 0 },
75 {"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
76 {"ignore-non-existing",0,POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
77 {"ignore-existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_existing, 0, 0, 0 },