[Gloucs] ext4 file modification times too precise
David Leadbeater
dleadbeater at messagelabs.com
Tue Jun 29 18:31:38 UTC 2010
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 07:26:22PM +0100, Paul Broadhead wrote:
[..]
> This means that the -u part of the cp command thinks the original file
> is always newer than the copy. This means that each time by backup
> runs, it copies over every file causing a lot of unnecessary network
> traffic.
I'd suggest using rsync instead of cp and using the --modify-window
option.
David
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