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Old 12-04-2008
Rsync question....
I have folders that sync over the network with an external software. I would like to know if rsync can be used to only sync permissions on files on the files. Remember I just want the permissions on the source to be copied over to the destination's already synced files.
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Old 12-05-2008
Rsync is mostly for copying only files/dirs that have changed to reduce overhead. It has an option to preserve the permissions like any other copy like program (cp, scp, ...). From rsync man page:
Quote:
-p, --perms preserve permissions
Using it only to get the permissions right after the files have been transferred... I guess you should think about using rsync for the whole transfer instead trying to make it just getting the permissions right. I don't know that other software, but maybe rsync can do it all for you.
There is a lot of documentation on the rsync homepage.
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Old 12-05-2008
Is there anyway to copy the permission from my local folder to a remote folder?
 
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