Does rsync completely overwrite files that have different timestamps?

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I've used a command similar to this to rsync files from macOS to Linux:



rsync -avz <ip-address>:/Backup/ Backup/


The folder Backup/ has been previously copied from the same machine using scp. I thought that rsync would only transfer the files that have changed, but it started to overwrite all files (probably, because of different timestamps), causing a lot of disk writes. I've tried the same command with --size-only and it finished almost instantly. Does rsync completely overwrite the files that have different timestamps (i.e. not checking the difference)? Does it depend on the size of the files?









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    I've used a command similar to this to rsync files from macOS to Linux:



    rsync -avz <ip-address>:/Backup/ Backup/


    The folder Backup/ has been previously copied from the same machine using scp. I thought that rsync would only transfer the files that have changed, but it started to overwrite all files (probably, because of different timestamps), causing a lot of disk writes. I've tried the same command with --size-only and it finished almost instantly. Does rsync completely overwrite the files that have different timestamps (i.e. not checking the difference)? Does it depend on the size of the files?









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      I've used a command similar to this to rsync files from macOS to Linux:



      rsync -avz <ip-address>:/Backup/ Backup/


      The folder Backup/ has been previously copied from the same machine using scp. I thought that rsync would only transfer the files that have changed, but it started to overwrite all files (probably, because of different timestamps), causing a lot of disk writes. I've tried the same command with --size-only and it finished almost instantly. Does rsync completely overwrite the files that have different timestamps (i.e. not checking the difference)? Does it depend on the size of the files?









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      I've used a command similar to this to rsync files from macOS to Linux:



      rsync -avz <ip-address>:/Backup/ Backup/


      The folder Backup/ has been previously copied from the same machine using scp. I thought that rsync would only transfer the files that have changed, but it started to overwrite all files (probably, because of different timestamps), causing a lot of disk writes. I've tried the same command with --size-only and it finished almost instantly. Does rsync completely overwrite the files that have different timestamps (i.e. not checking the difference)? Does it depend on the size of the files?







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