rsync - Jun 2011 - [Bug 8273] New: -a doesn't do -HAX

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8273

           Summary: -a doesn't do -HAX
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: Dave at Yost.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


It would be nice if -a did everything imaginable to make the destination be
like the source, but for some reason it doesn't, and now it's too late
to
change it.

So there should be a new argument, perhaps --all) that means -aHAX and
furthermore means that if some other metadata comes along that needs to be
copied, it will be subsumed under this same all-encompassing --all option
argument.

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8273

Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

--- Comment #1 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> 2011-09-03
22:38:17 UTC ---
Thanks.  I'm considering adding the --all option.

Note that you can decide that you want your local rsync to treat -a as -aHAX,
or add your own --all option via a popt alias in either the global file
(/etc/popt) or your local file (~/.popt).  Here's the --all option:

rsync alias --all -aHAX

And here's an override of -a:

rsync alias -a -aHAX

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