--list-only is simply a way to list remote files when you only have access via rsync. It ignores the rest of the command line. You want --dry-run (--itemize-changes would be a good idea too).
On 09/12/2018 11:06 AM, Michael Hipp via rsync wrote:
> The output of --list-only isn't as I expected as regards symlinks. Here
> are my test files:
>
> $ ls ./src
> -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 2018-09-05 09:18:15 file
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 michael michael 4 2018-09-05 09:18:28 near_symlink -> file
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 michael michael 23 2018-09-05 09:19:05 far_symlink ->
> /home/michael/Documents
>
> The "destination" dir is empty:
>
> $ ls ./dest
> drwxr-xr-x 31 michael michael 4.0K 2018-09-12 09:46:06 ..
> drwx------ 2 michael michael 4.0K 2018-09-12 09:50:20 .
>
> I want to know which files are candidates to transfer. I don't want
> symlinks to transfer. So I run it with --list-only :
>
> $ rsync -r --no-links --list-only ./src/ ./dest
> drwx------ 4,096 2018/09/06 09:39:16 .
> lrwxrwxrwx 23 2018/09/05 09:19:05 far_symlink
> -rw------- 0 2018/09/05 09:18:15 file
> lrwxrwxrwx 4 2018/09/05 09:18:28 near_symlink
>
> This seems to indicate the symlinks are expected to transfer. But if I
> actually run the transfer by removing --list-only ...
>
> $ rsync -r --no-links ./src/ ./dest
> skipping non-regular file "far_symlink"
> skipping non-regular file "near_symlink"
>
> It does not transfer the symlinks and this is confirmed by the contents
> of dest:
>
> $ ls ./dest
> drwxr-xr-x 31 michael michael 4.0K 2018-09-12 09:46:06 ..
> -rw------- 1 michael michael 0 2018-09-12 09:57:50 file
> drwx------ 2 michael michael 4.0K 2018-09-12 09:57:50 .
>
> So it seems like --list-only isn't being truthful as it surely knows
> beforehand the symlinks will not be transferred regardless of the
> condition of dest.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Hipp
>
>
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