Solutions Log » rsync http://solutions.unixsherpa.com by Dan Reiland Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:28:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 rsync failed to set times on [filename] http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/07/09/rsync-failed-to-set-times-on-filename/ http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/07/09/rsync-failed-to-set-times-on-filename/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:34:52 +0000 Dan http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/?p=71 This error occurs because the version of rsync on the system cannot preserve modified times for directories.

Run rsync with the following arguments to suppress this warning:

 rsync -avrPO ./source/* ./destination

Explanation of switches:

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a -> Archive mode (do not preserve hard links, ACLs, or extended attributes)
v -> Verbose (I like to know what is happening)
r -> Copy directories recursively
P -> Equivalent to --partial --progress (for long transfers that may be interrupted)
O -> Omit directories from times
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