On 2023-01-20 13:13, Stakanov wrote: ...
But yes, I think this is quite a "killer argument" for this kind of job. "dot files" well, I "shouldn't" but KDE has actually, all files under config etc are situated as dot files of the user, also settings of kmail, so, does rsync take these too?
Yes, unless you give a pattern that excludes them. --archive, -a archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) --recursive, -r recurse into directories --links, -l copy symlinks as symlinks --perms, -p preserve permissions --times, -t preserve modification times --group, -g preserve group --owner, -o preserve owner (super-user only) -D same as --devices --specials --devices preserve device files (super-user only) --specials preserve special files Mmm. Could use: --atimes, -U preserve access (use) times --open-noatime avoid changing the atime on opened files --crtimes, -N preserve create times (newness) Paranoid mode: run 'mc' in another terminal, and look at the destination directory while it is running, to see if you see files that should not be there, or the reverse :-D -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)