https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13615
Bug ID: 13615
Summary: Output of --list-only not as I expected re: symlinks
Product: rsync
Version: 3.1.3
Hardware: x64
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: core
Assignee: way...@samba.org
Reporter: mich...@redmule.com
QA Contact: rsync...@samba.org
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
-rw------- 1 michael michael 0 2018-09-13 12:39:41 exclude
lrwxrwxrwx 1 michael michael 4 2018-09-13 12:40:47 far_symlink -> /etc
I want to know which files are candidates to transfer. I don't want symlinks to
transfer. I run it with --list-only :
$ rsync -r --no-links --list-only --exclude="/excl*" ./src/
drwx------ 4,096 2018/09/13 12:40:47 .
lrwxrwxrwx 4 2018/09/13 12:40:47 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. Note that
--list-only correctly handles exclusions.
But when I actually run the transfer, the symlinks are not transferred:
$ rsync -r --no-links --exclude="/excl*" ./src/ ./dest
skipping non-regular file "far_symlink"
skipping non-regular file "near_symlink"
$ ls ./dest
-rw------- 1 michael michael 0 2018-09-13 12:49:06 file
So it seems like --list-only is not being truthful as regards symlinks. Or else
I misunderstand the purpose of --list-only.
So I am submitting a request to either:
a) correct the output of --list-only, or
b) have the purpose and intended use case of --list-only be better explained
in the docs.
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