- 1 year ago
Rsync cygwin compare folder not working for network drive
If you are having trouble using Rsync in Cygwin to compare folders on a network drive, here are some things you can try:
Make sure the network drive is mounted in Cygwin: You need to mount the network drive in Cygwin before you can use Rsync to compare folders on the drive. You can mount the network drive by using the
mount
command in Cygwin. For example:shell$ mount //server/share /mnt/share
In this example,
//server/share
is the UNC path of the network share and/mnt/share
is the mount point in Cygwin.Check the permissions on the network drive: Make sure that you have the appropriate permissions to access the network drive and the folders you want to compare. You can use the
ls -l
command in Cygwin to check the permissions on the folders.Use the
-H
option with Rsync: The-H
option tells Rsync to preserve hard links, which can help with folder comparisons on some network drives. For example:shell$ rsync -avH /mnt/share/folder1 /mnt/share/folder2
Use the
--modify-window
option with Rsync: The--modify-window
option tells Rsync to adjust the file modification times by a specified number of seconds, which can help with folder comparisons on some network drives. For example:shell$ rsync -av --modify-window=2 /mnt/share/folder1 /mnt/share/folder2
In this example, the modification times are adjusted by 2 seconds.
By trying these options, you should be able to use Rsync in Cygwin to compare folders on a network drive.