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Re: Using rsync to download photos from camera



T o n g(mlist4suntong@yahoo.com) is reported to have said:
> Hi, 
> 
> I've been using rsync for many years to synchronize between local
> directories or remote PCs. I've also successfully used rsync to synchronize
> photos from my Pentax Optio camera to PC, so that only the newly shot photos
> are copied.
> 
> However, I found the very same approach doesn't work for the Canon camera:
> 
>   $ rsync -nvua /mnt/camera/dcim/*/* . 
>   building file list ... done
>   [...]
>   img_0135.jpg
>   [...]
> 
>   $ stat /mnt/camera/dcim/100canon/img_0135.jpg img_0135.jpg
>     File: `/mnt/camera/dcim/100canon/img_0135.jpg'
>     Size: 892127          Blocks: 1792       IO Block: 32768  regular file
>   Device: 811h/2065d      Inode: 9817        Links: 1
>   Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: ( 9999/    tong)   Gid: ( 1001/    tong)
>   Access: 2007-12-27 00:00:00.000000000 -0500
>   Modify: 2007-12-27 14:27:10.000000000 -0500
>   Change: 2007-12-27 14:27:10.000000000 -0500
>     File: `img_0135.jpg'
>     Size: 885981          Blocks: 1737       IO Block: 131072 regular file
>   Device: 80eh/2062d      Inode: 166857      Links: 1
>   Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--)  Uid: ( 9999/    tong)   Gid: ( 1001/    tong)
>   Access: 2007-12-27 14:27:10.000000000 -0500
>   Modify: 2007-12-27 14:27:10.000000000 -0500
>   Change: 2007-12-27 21:53:41.000000000 -0500
> 
> I.e., rsync insists to copy again files that have already been copied,
> although I see no obvious reason why it is doing so.
> 
> Please comment. 

I use rsync, much like you do, to copy .debs to 4 other boxes.  I only
use it like below, and only transfer the newer .deb files.

rsync --ignore-existing *.deb 

:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)

Wayne

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