[ale] rsync issues

[jimpop at gmail.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 00:31, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:
> I was trying the -av at first but I decided I would forego the -go part
> of -a due to the destination being a cifs share. ?(sorry I didn't
> mention that at first)

Well, if rsync thinks that group/owner have changed then it will copy
over the "changed" file.

man rsync says:

     "For example: if you want to use -a (--archive) but don't want -o
(--owner), instead of
      converting -a into -rlptgD, you could specify -a --no-o (or -a
--no-owner)"

;-)

-Jim P.