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Does anyone know why rsync would keep sending the files over and over again?

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Mar 15, 20267680 views
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I'm trying to using rsync to backup some files, about half a TB. It's now it a state where it keeps sending the same files everytime it runs. for example: I then verify those files are copied over... then the next time it runs it does the same thing any idea why it's getting stuck on these files? I…

Error Output

rsync -av /data/source/* user@host:/data/dest
sending incremental file list
source/file1.txt
source/file2.txt

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Use to get rsync to output what is actually being changed Options that affect the decision for whether or not to skip files are: which decides whether to skip identical files based on checksum which ignores size and time when deciding whether to ski…

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