On 06/26/2010 12:24 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: The rsync man page has a very long list of options and the > functional descriptions are not as clear as they might be but it > appears that the "-u" option accomplishes what I need, at least it > worked for a test message I sent to myself and was not over-written > by rsync. > > "-u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)" > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ rsync -uav bobg@box6:/home/bobg/.thunderbird . > > If that is not the best choice I would appreciate advise. > > Thanks. > > Bob > > My best advice is my previous email - ie dont do it ... wrong solution to sync'ed mailboxes. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines