From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3457 invoked by alias); 23 May 2016 08:54:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 3447 invoked by uid 89); 23 May 2016 08:54:49 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=sk:marco.a, sk:marcoa, marco.atzeri@gmail.com, marcoatzerigmailcom X-HELO: mail-wm0-f47.google.com Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (HELO mail-wm0-f47.google.com) (74.125.82.47) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 23 May 2016 08:54:39 +0000 Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n129so62764137wmn.1 for ; Mon, 23 May 2016 01:54:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=J0SZtMb4mwrMXDfX0Mvl+VuysBiAcTRjE0fbrVjfros=; b=mDqKO9bKnzAUQ8+HTp3piWeTfh7zLp0Mqqg19+4kjIIkTrihdkYCjeNbMFNOM9rw+H n30j4G6aZWZijEUoMvTIWRK5q9LiRNLvwbmWREhLkyME9I9HCtwqVC4CQGoTZs1yImop vqFLQctZCUTvM8Q6UVUenhkRX2gKFvz1JcRwKSfJD3HdGYSZUjHprQmmDgAfq3CG/bH/ F1YYSCclIsEBNVlY/aLzpxpPCTEdtGymfQGJE6NnDFqHYyYW0Mc/TyQ9o67+pIj1AEbu vYUJEi7aiAyWq2Iok+W6XEGiujFEjBs3bgEwPDe0g2fRx/71jVlGmzyCb72Cn6v46tIA OyRg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWFv79JaDFhbCqoEF0uza9LuoVdffFV1mc91kxLCeNKdwGeEKL1NgwQhKb2tVMFiuGsR/iyGslwx5ExNw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.0.138 with SMTP id 10mr15088586wje.73.1463993676510; Mon, 23 May 2016 01:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.56.134 with HTTP; Mon, 23 May 2016 01:54:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9fdf98cf-e3d1-e453-1c98-2c206afe81c9@gmail.com> References: <9fdf98cf-e3d1-e453-1c98-2c206afe81c9@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 08:54:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_tar_incremental_backups_and_ctime=E2=80=8F_problem?= From: x y To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-05/txt/msg00261.txt.bz2 Hi Marco, Thanks for your reply. The problem is that there are a lot of files to be checked so replacing ctime by time to support tar incremental backup should be more practical. On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 23/05/2016 10:40, x y wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> The MS Office applications are changing the ctime value of .doc and >> .xls files even if they are not modified. Opening and closing an >> office file without modifying the content is changing ctime and the >> unmodified document is included in the incremental tar archive. Could >> it be possible to use the mtime value instead of ctime to avoid the >> the reappearance of the unchanged files in the incremental archive? >> >> Test OS : Windows 7 Sp1 >> > > > find -ctime should be able you to build the list of files > that are changed and that tar should process > > Regards > Marco > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple