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I have a movie on my server and this movie was backed up to the remote server with rsync. (rsync runs daily via cron job)
After a few days, I noticed that the movie I copied over originally didn't have an audio track so I deleted it and copied over the correct version to the main server again. As you can, my main server has the correct version but rsync isn't detecting a difference with this movie so the backup server still has the wrong version. Any idea why rsync isn't seeing the file size difference and triggering a copy? (Looks like it's only matching on file date and is ignoring the size difference.)
Movie on main server:
4689775625 May 4 2024 'Test video at the park 4K HDR (2024).mp4'
Movie on backup server: (that rsync isn't copying over)
3513504381 May 4 2024 'Test video at the park 4K HDR (2024).mp4'
That stat output might be informative.
Is the block size or file system format different on the two devices (local and remote)? Is rsync using crc for difference detection?
That stat output might be informative.
Is the block size or file system format different on the two devices (local and remote)? Is rsync using crc for difference detection?
Yep, the stat command from Petri Kaukasoina solved the mystery. I modified the rsync command line and the file was finally copied over.
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