-A patch from Stefan Müller to add the --downdate option, which works
+A patch from Stefan Müller to add the --downdate option, which works
in the opposite manner as --update.
To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
./configure (optional if already run)
make
+based-on: 6c8ca91c731b7bf2b081694bda85b7dadc2b7aff
diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
-@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
+@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ extern int ignore_errors;
extern int remove_source_files;
extern int delay_updates;
extern int update_only;
+extern int downdate_only;
+ extern int human_readable;
extern int ignore_existing;
extern int ignore_non_existing;
- extern int inplace;
-@@ -1722,6 +1723,13 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
+@@ -1716,6 +1717,12 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
goto cleanup;
}
-+ if (downdate_only && statret == 0
-+ && cmp_time(sx.st.st_mtime, file->modtime) < 0) {
-+ if (verbose > 1)
++ if (downdate_only > 0 && statret == 0 && file->modtime - sx.st.st_mtime >= modify_window) {
++ if (INFO_GTE(SKIP, 1))
+ rprintf(FINFO, "%s is older\n", fname);
+ return;
+ }
+
- fnamecmp = fname;
fnamecmp_type = FNAMECMP_FNAME;
-@@ -2088,6 +2096,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
+ if (statret == 0 && !(stype == FT_REG || (write_devices && stype == FT_DEVICE))) {
+@@ -2162,6 +2169,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
update_only = -update_only;
always_checksum = -always_checksum;
size_only = -size_only;
append_mode = -append_mode;
-@@ -2113,6 +2122,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
+@@ -2187,6 +2195,7 @@ void check_for_finished_files(int itemizing, enum logcode code, int check_redo)
ignore_existing = -ignore_existing;
ignore_non_existing = -ignore_non_existing;
update_only = -update_only;
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
-@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ int preserve_uid = 0;
- int preserve_gid = 0;
- int preserve_times = 0;
+@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int omit_dir_times = 0;
+ int omit_link_times = 0;
+ int trust_sender = 0;
int update_only = 0;
+int downdate_only = 0;
+ int open_noatime = 0;
int cvs_exclude = 0;
int dry_run = 0;
- int do_xfers = 1;
-@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
- rprintf(F," --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR\n");
- rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX set backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
- rprintf(F," -u, --update skip files that are newer on the receiver\n");
-+ rprintf(F," -w, --downdate skip files that are older on the receiver\n");
- rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
- rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
- rprintf(F," --append-verify like --append, but with old data in file checksum\n");
-@@ -534,6 +536,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
- {"no-one-file-system",'x',POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
- {"no-x", 'x', POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
+@@ -693,6 +694,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
+ {"no-one-file-system",0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"no-x", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &one_file_system, 0, 0, 0 },
{"update", 'u', POPT_ARG_NONE, &update_only, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"downdate", 'w', POPT_ARG_NONE, &downdate_only, 0, 0, 0 },
{"existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
{"ignore-non-existing",0,POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_non_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
{"ignore-existing", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &ignore_existing, 0, 0, 0 },
+diff --git a/rsync.1.md b/rsync.1.md
+--- a/rsync.1.md
++++ b/rsync.1.md
+@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ has its own detailed description later in this manpage.
+ --backup-dir=DIR make backups into hierarchy based in DIR
+ --suffix=SUFFIX backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
+ --update, -u skip files that are newer on the receiver
++--downdate, -w skip files that are older on the receiver
+ --inplace update destination files in-place
+ --append append data onto shorter files
+ --append-verify --append w/old data in file checksum