Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backup not identifying changed file, even though hash is different

[Scott Jilek]

I've tried adding the "--compare-hash" switch.  The MAN page isn't 
specific about the function of --compare-hash, however it appears to be 
only for VERIFICATION and not for candidate IDENTIFICATION, as causes 
rdiff to simply show a report telling me this file is not in sync. When 
I use that switch no backups occur from what I can tell as no increments 
are created.

Is there some way to explicitly force Rdiff to create a backup of 
specific files?  What am I missing, because this seems like a huge gap 
in functionality if it's only using file timestamps.


>> Is there any way to force Rdiff to use a hash compare for difference
>> triggering?  I looked over the manual, and nothing seems to be what I'm
>> looking for.
>
>Might the option --compare-hash be what you are looking for?
>
>// Andreas