From 3d3e51eff246f54b039743de02f9600d4996cd7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wouter bolsterlee Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 21:15:22 +0100 Subject: docs: tweak rsync flags for moving existing home dir to systemd-homed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The documentation on moving an existing homedir into a systemd-homed managed one suggests using rsync(1) with a bunch of flags to preserve as much metadata as possible: permissions, xattrs, timestamps, etc. The previously suggested flags were: rsync -aHAXv --remove-source-files … … which does include mtimes, but not ctimes and atimes, because -a does not include those: --archive, -a archive mode is -rlptgoD (no -A,-X,-U,-N,-H) This change adds the -N and -U flags to preserve even more file timestamps, turning the command into: rsync -aHANUXv --remove-source-files … The new flags are: --crtimes, -N preserve create times (newness) --atimes, -U preserve access (use) times --- docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md') diff --git a/docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md b/docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md index 80482a20e5..06fc66f195 100644 --- a/docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md +++ b/docs/CONVERTING_TO_HOMED.md @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Here's the step-by-step guide: home directory temporarily and copy the data in. ``` - homectl with foobar -- rsync -aHAXv --remove-source-files /home/foobar.saved/ . + homectl with foobar -- rsync -aHANUXv --remove-source-files /home/foobar.saved/ . ``` This mounts the home directory of the user, and then runs the specified -- cgit v1.2.1