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Subject: Re: rsync - file size differences
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From: ht AT inf DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk (Henry S. Thompson)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:21:50 +0100
In-Reply-To: <BAY2-DAV183V5g2oHzG0008a286@hotmail.com> (Ryan Brothers's message of "Sun, 12 Sep 2004 19:49:34 -0400")
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"Ryan Brothers" <rbro AT hotmail DOT com> writes:

> I'm running into an issue using rsync-2.6.2-2 on cygwin on Win2k SP4 where
> after I rsync a directory, the binary files rsync'ed have a different size
> and thus are corrupt if I try to open them in the program they were created
> in (pdf's, jpg's, etc) - text files remain identical.

. . .

> Also, using rsync-2.6.2-1 gives identical files regardless of the text file
> option selected - this problem just started for me after upgrading to
> rsync-2.6.2-2.

This sounds like the same problem I reported last week, where recently
on text-mount volumes rsync can't recognise its own results.

The only change from 2.6.2-1 to 2.6.2-2 was 'a SECURITY FIX', seems
unlikely to provoke a problem in this area . . .

ht
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