> AFAIK the only information that rsync uses to determine if a copy exists > is in the file that you have on the destination side, eg, timestamp, the > filename, etc. It's not like it has a separate database or something. > Have the timestamps changed, eg, the destination timestamps are the > times the copy was written? I usually use the switches avz. > > -Andy No, it looks like timestamps and dates are the same when comparing with ls -l. The only noticable difference is the ownership. James