[CentOS] evaluating backup systems: rsync

M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 08:07:40 AM -0500, SilverTip257 wrote:
>> if you really want to eliminate that data being transferred, I
>> suppose you could do the extra work and rename the directory at the
>> same time on the source and destination.  Not ideal in the least.
>
> Not ideal indeed, but I'll probably do it that way next time that some
> renaming like this happens on very large folders. I assume that after
> that, I'd also have to launch rsync with the options that says to not
> consider modification time.

no I don't think you will, since the file modification times won't have 
changed.