-Greetings, and thanks for all of your work on the wonderful rsync!
+Jeremy Bornstein wrote:
I recently had the need to transfer files only with different mod
dates (and to *not* transfer them based on file size differences).
enclosing the diffs in case you (as I hope) decide to include this
option in future releases.
-Again, thanks!
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
-Best Regards,
-Jeremy Bornstein
-
-[Patched update to have context and apply to latest CVS source.]
+ patch -p1 <patches/date-only.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
--- old/generator.c
+++ new/generator.c
-@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern int append_mode;
+@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern int append_mode;
extern int make_backups;
extern int csum_length;
extern int ignore_times;
extern int size_only;
extern OFF_T max_size;
extern OFF_T min_size;
-@@ -379,6 +380,8 @@ void itemize(struct file_struct *file, i
+@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ void itemize(struct file_struct *file, i
/* Perform our quick-check heuristic for determining if a file is unchanged. */
int unchanged_file(char *fn, struct file_struct *file, STRUCT_STAT *st)
{
+ if (date_only)
-+ return cmp_modtime(st->st_mtime, file->modtime) == 0;
++ return cmp_time(st->st_mtime, file->modtime) == 0;
if (st->st_size != file->length)
return 0;
--- old/options.c
+++ new/options.c
-@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ int keep_partial = 0;
+@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int keep_partial = 0;
int safe_symlinks = 0;
int copy_unsafe_links = 0;
int size_only = 0;
int daemon_bwlimit = 0;
int bwlimit = 0;
int fuzzy_basis = 0;
-@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --timeout=TIME set I/O timeout in seconds\n");
rprintf(F," -I, --ignore-times don't skip files that match in size and mod-time\n");
rprintf(F," --size-only skip files that match in size\n");
rprintf(F," --modify-window=NUM compare mod-times with reduced accuracy\n");
rprintf(F," -T, --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR\n");
rprintf(F," -y, --fuzzy find similar file for basis if no dest file\n");
-@@ -443,6 +445,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"chmod", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_CHMOD, 0, 0 },
{"ignore-times", 'I', POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_times, 0, 0, 0 },
{"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 },
{"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
-@@ -1643,6 +1646,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
- if (size_only)
- args[ac++] = "--size-only";
+@@ -1676,6 +1679,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+ args[ac++] = "--size-only";
+ }
+ if (date_only)
+ args[ac++] = "--date-only";
goto oom;
--- old/rsync.yo
+++ new/rsync.yo
-@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
+@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
--timeout=TIME set I/O timeout in seconds
-I, --ignore-times don't skip files that match size and time
--size-only skip files that match in size
--modify-window=NUM compare mod-times with reduced accuracy
-T, --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR
-y, --fuzzy find similar file for basis if no dest file
-@@ -460,6 +461,12 @@ regardless of timestamp. This is useful
+@@ -477,6 +478,12 @@ regardless of timestamp. This is useful
after using another mirroring system which may not preserve timestamps
exactly.