1 A patch from Stefan Müller to add the --downdate option, which works
2 in the opposite manner as --update.
4 To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
6 patch -p1 <patches/downdate.diff
7 ./configure (optional if already run)
10 based-on: a2b630c0bb586c9761fd5fc53dc4c212b6dd25df
11 diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
14 @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
15 extern int remove_source_files;
16 extern int delay_updates;
17 extern int update_only;
18 +extern int downdate_only;
19 extern int human_readable;
20 extern int ignore_existing;
21 extern int ignore_non_existing;
22 @@ -1713,6 +1714,12 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
26 + if (downdate_only > 0 && statret == 0 && file->modtime - sx.st.st_mtime >= modify_window) {
27 + if (INFO_GTE(SKIP, 1))
28 + rprintf(FINFO, "%s is older\n", fname);
32 fnamecmp_type = FNAMECMP_FNAME;
34 if (statret == 0 && !(stype == FT_REG || (write_devices && stype == FT_DEVICE))) {
35 @@ -2157,6 +2164,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
36 ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
37 ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
38 update_only = -update_only;
39 + downdate_only = -downdate_only;
40 always_checksum = -always_checksum;
41 size_only = -size_only;
42 append_mode = -append_mode;
43 @@ -2182,6 +2190,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
44 ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
45 ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
46 update_only = -update_only;
47 + downdate_only = -downdate_only;
48 always_checksum = -always_checksum;
49 size_only = -size_only;
50 append_mode = -append_mode;
51 diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
54 @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int preserve_crtimes = 0;
55 int omit_dir_times = 0;
56 int omit_link_times = 0;
58 +int downdate_only = 0;
62 @@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
63 {"no-one-file-system",0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
64 {"no-x", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
65 {"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },
66 + {"downdate", 'w', POPT_ARG_NONE, &downdate_only, 0, 0, 0 },
67 {"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
68 {"ignore-non-existing",0,POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
69 {"ignore-existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
70 diff --git a/rsync.1.md b/rsync.1.md
73 @@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ detailed description below for a complete description.
74 --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR
75 --suffix=SUFFIX backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
76 --update, -u skip files that are newer on the receiver
77 +--downdate, -w skip files that are older on the receiver
78 --inplace update destination files in-place
79 --append append data onto shorter files
80 --append-verify --append w/old data in file checksum