diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
index 1fd552528..e7a1cb19a 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DSHCLI.pm
@@ -5936,6 +5936,11 @@ sub run_rsync_postscripts
         # return from rsync is tmp/file1  not /tmp/file1
         substr($tmppostfile, 0, 1) = "";
 
+        # now remove .post from the postscript file for the compare
+        # with the returned file name
+        my($tp,$post) = split(/\.post/,$tmppostfile);
+        $tmppostfile = $tp;
+
         foreach my $line (@rsync_output) {
             my ($hostname, $ps) = split(/: /, $line);
             chomp $ps;
@@ -5948,7 +5953,10 @@ sub run_rsync_postscripts
                 }
                 next;
             }
-            if ($tmppostfile eq $ps) {
+
+            #the $postsfile <file>.post will be run if:
+            # the <file> is updated, or
+            if ($ps eq $tmppostfile ) {
 
                 # build xdsh queue
                 # build host and all scripts to execute
diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases0 b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases0
index fef099f08..677568e6a 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases0
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases0
@@ -158,23 +158,33 @@ end
 
 start:updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE
 label:others,updatenode
-cmd:echo "echo hello > /tmp/test" > /tmp/file.post
+cmd:mkdir -p /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/
 check:rc==0
-cmd:chmod a+x /tmp/file.post
-cmd:echo "/tmp/file.post -> /tmp/file.post" > /install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/compute.$$OS.synclist
-cmd:echo "EXECUTE:" >> /install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/compute.$$OS.synclist
-cmd:echo "/tmp/file.post" >> /install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/compute.$$OS.synclist
-cmd:chdef -t osimage -o __GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__-__GETNODEATTR($$CN,arch)__-install-compute synclists=/install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/compute.$$OS.synclist
+cmd:touch /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/file
+check:rc==0
+cmd:echo "echo hello > /tmp/test" > /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/file.post
+check:rc==0
+cmd:chmod a+x /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/file.post
+cmd:echo "/tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/file -> /tmp/file" > /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/synclist
+cmd:echo "EXECUTE:" >> /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/synclist
+cmd:echo "/tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/file.post" >> /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/synclist
+cmd:chdef -t osimage -o __GETNODEATTR($$CN,provmethod)__ synclists=/tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/synclist
 check:rc==0
 cmd:updatenode $$CN -F
 check:rc==0
 cmd:xdsh $$CN "cat /tmp/test"
 check:rc==0
 check:output=~hello
-cmd:chdef -t osimage -o  __GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__-__GETNODEATTR($$CN,arch)__-install-compute synclists=
+cmd:xdsh $$CN "rm -rf /tmp/test"
+cmd:updatenode $$CN -F
 check:rc==0
-cmd:rm -rf /install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/compute.$$OS.synclist
+cmd:xdsh $$CN "cat /tmp/test"
+check:rc!=0
+check:output=~No such file or directory
+cmd:xdsh $$CN "rm -rf /tmp/test"
+cmd:chdef -t osimage -o  __GETNODEATTR($$CN,provmethod)__ synclists=
 check:rc==0
+cmd:rm -rf /tmp/updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTE/
 end
 
 start:updatenode_syncfile_EXECUTEALWAYS