Hello, I use Rsync successully to sync, for example, a NTFS formatted WinXP PC (where Cygwin's Rsync runs) with a Linux PC, and to sync the Win-PC with a <n> GByte USB memory stick.
When the memory stick is formatted to NTFS all works fine (exact command see below please). But since I formatted the memory stick to FAT32 because it's more usuable on Linux PCs, suddenly the very same Rsync command shows different results! It copies many files from the Win-PC to the USB stick which already are up to date... I couldn't figure out what these files have in common... or why Rsync would get wrong information from the FAT32 filesystem... In the end I tried the Rsync parameter "--checksum" which solved the problem, but slows down the whole thing a lot. Then I found the "--update" parameter which does the trick, too. OK, so it prints many directories which "--checksum" did not print, but ... it's rather optical. The command is : * rsync --delete --update --relative --recursive --times --progress Sourcefolder/ /cygdrive/u/Destinationfolder Using parameters like "--owner" or "-permission" didn't help. Does anybody know what is the problem with FAT32 (and Rsync using it) ? Thanks. -Richard -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
