raf via rsync wrote: > T. Shandelman via rsync wrote: > > > Rsync is a remarkably handy tool that I use virtually every day. > > > > But there is one thing about rsync that drives me totally crazy. > > > > Under the -n (dry run) flag, rsync seems to produce exactly the same output > > as without that flag. > > > > I cannot tell you how many times I sit and scratch my head long and > > hard,after I discover that my intended rsync operations did not actually > > happen. Until I finally remember that I ran rsync in dry-run mode. That's > > why! This is especially a problem for very long-running rsync jobs run in > > dry-run mode. > > > > It seems to me that when run in dry-run mode, rsync should display a > > warning at the very, very end, something like: > > > > *WARNING: None of the above operations have been actually performed, * > > *because you ran rsync in dry-run mode.* > > > > Or does rsync already have such a feature, and I am not aware of it? > > > > But if not, that is my vote for the next feature to be added. It should be > > a very, very easy fix. > > > > Todd S. > > Austin, Texas, USA > > Bear in mind that it shouldn't happen by default as > that could break scripts that parse rsync's output. You > should need to request this behaviour in the config > file somehow.
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