On Nov 14, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Jean-Armel Luce wrote:
> just for the value : rsync --checksum is the option to use to prevent
> copying of identical files
No, that's not what it's used for. It already avoids sending identical blocks by using checksums. --checksum forces a checksum on files that have identical sizes & mod times, thus catching files that have different contents despite having the same mod times & sizes.
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