From 07b2cce769ec212158f28a7bd4861f89581b010d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 04:48:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Patch from Jeremy Bornstein to transfer files only by mtime, not size. Very unlikely to be merged. --- jjb-delete-only.diff | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) create mode 100644 jjb-delete-only.diff diff --git a/jjb-delete-only.diff b/jjb-delete-only.diff new file mode 100644 index 0000000..496a248 --- /dev/null +++ b/jjb-delete-only.diff @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +Greetings, and thanks for all of your work on the wonderful rsync! + +I recently had the need to transfer files only with different mod +dates (and to *not* transfer them based on file size differences). +This is because I'm backing up files remotely on an untrusted machine, +so I'm encrypting them with gpg before transfer. I discovered that +rsync didn't already have a --date-only flag, so I added one and am +enclosing the diffs in case you (as I hope) decide to include this +option in future releases. + +Again, thanks! + +Best Regards, +Jeremy Bornstein +diff rsync-2.5.4/README rsync-2.5.4-patched/README +70a71 +> --date-only only use modification date when determining if a file should be transferred +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/doc and rsync-2.5.4-patched/doc +diff rsync-2.5.4/generator.c rsync-2.5.4-patched/generator.c +39a40 +> extern int date_only; +50a52,56 +> if (date_only) { +> return (cmp_modtime(st->st_mtime,file->modtime) == 0); +> } +> +> +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/lib and rsync-2.5.4-patched/lib +diff rsync-2.5.4/options.c rsync-2.5.4-patched/options.c +64a65 +> int date_only=0; +223a225 +> rprintf(F," --date-only only use modification date when determining if a file should be transferred\n"); +265c267 +< OPT_LOG_FORMAT, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE, OPT_SIZE_ONLY, OPT_ADDRESS, +--- +> OPT_LOG_FORMAT, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE, OPT_SIZE_ONLY, OPT_DATE_ONLY, OPT_ADDRESS, +278a281 +> {"date-only", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &date_only}, +704a708,710 +> +> if (date_only) +> args[ac++] = "--date-only"; +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/packaging and rsync-2.5.4-patched/packaging +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/popt and rsync-2.5.4-patched/popt +diff rsync-2.5.4/rsync.1 rsync-2.5.4-patched/rsync.1 +289a290 +> --date-only only use modification date when determining if a file should be transferred +363a365,371 +> .IP +> .IP "\fB--date-only\fP" +> Normally rsync will skip any files that are +> already the same length and have the same time-stamp\&. With the +> --date-only option files will be skipped if they have the same timestamp, +> regardless of size\&. This may be useful when the remote files have passed +> through a size-changing filter, e.g. for encryption\&. +diff rsync-2.5.4/rsync.yo rsync-2.5.4-patched/rsync.yo +260a261 +> --date-only only use modification date when determining if a file should be transferred +326a328,333 +> +> dit(bf(--date-only)) Normally rsync will skip any files that are +> already the same length and have the same time-stamp. With the +> --date-only option files will be skipped if they have the same +> timestamp, regardless of size. This may be useful when the remote +> files have passed through a size-changing filter, e.g. for encryption. +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/testhelp and rsync-2.5.4-patched/testhelp +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/testsuite and rsync-2.5.4-patched/testsuite +Common subdirectories: rsync-2.5.4/zlib and rsync-2.5.4-patched/zlib -- 2.34.1