Hey... Got it.. or think I do.. It appears the -I --ignore-times attribute will essentially force a redo of any/all files in the rsync... I'm interested in examining the list as the files are transferred.. thanks On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Richard <lists-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Date: Saturday, February 10, 2018 12:16:47 -0500 >> From: bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> Given all the attributed for rsync... >> >> Is there an attribute or approach to allow/force rsync to redo a >> "complete" xfer of files..? >> >> I'm sure there is but I must be missing it.. > > > The issue(s) that you seem to be encountering, as described in your > earlier message, aren't due to limitations in rsync. Rather that you > are trying to transfer files that your "basic user" doesn't have > control over (on either the source or target machine). If you did > this as root you would get rather closer to your goal. > > >From a security and system stability perspective, there is no way > that any system should let a "basic user" do what you are trying to > accomplish. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx