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Guillaume Coté
Asked: 2010-11-06 23:46:15 +0800 CST

Why is rsync recopying a lot of file when I sync to an USB key?

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When I do an rsync to USB key using -t, it still copy a lot of file. Why?

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  1. Best Answer

    Some Microsoft filesystem can only store even values. Then rsync retransfer any file with an odd value.

    You can avoid this by specifying the --modify-window=1 option

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