A patch from Stefan Müller to add the --downdate option, which works
in the opposite manner as --update.
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/downdate.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
--- old/generator.c
+++ new/generator.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
- extern int remove_sent_files;
+ extern int remove_source_files;
extern int delay_updates;
extern int update_only;
+extern int downdate_only;
extern int ignore_existing;
extern int ignore_non_existing;
extern int inplace;
-@@ -1133,6 +1134,13 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
+@@ -1144,6 +1145,13 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
return;
}
fnamecmp = fname;
fnamecmp_type = FNAMECMP_FNAME;
-@@ -1430,7 +1438,7 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, struct fi
+@@ -1452,7 +1460,7 @@ void generate_files(int f_out, struct fi
phase++;
csum_length = SUM_LENGTH;
max_size = min_size = ignore_existing = ignore_non_existing = 0;
int cvs_exclude = 0;
int dry_run = 0;
int do_xfers = 1;
-@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR\n");
rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
rprintf(F," -u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver\n");
rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
rprintf(F," -d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing\n");
-@@ -461,6 +463,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"size-only", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &size_only, 0, 0, 0 },
{"one-file-system", 'x', POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, 'x', 0, 0 },
{"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },