I think --chmod can sensibly always be done locally, which will work better when talking to old servers:
If sending files, modify the mode before transmission. If receiving files, modify the mode on receipt. Possibly the complexity of doing this twice in the code is not justified, but I think it would be an OK tradeoff. -- Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html