https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13615
--- Comment #3 from Kevin Korb <rs...@sanitarium.net> --- I believe I talked to you in IRC about which is why I didn't respond when this was first posted but I think I can help explain this better... The --list-only option is to turn rsync into a network capable ls. It allows you to look around a remote filesystem that you can only access via rsync over ssh or rsyncd. It kinda implements some rsync options to kinda do more of what ls can do but it is still a bit of a kludge to allow you to look around. For local stuff using ls is a much better idea. That being said, if you want rsync output even if your target is unavailable you can always talk to localhost. You can do something like: rsync --verbose --archive --itemize-changes --dry-run --ignore-times ./ localhost:`pwd`/ The --ignore-times is there so rsync will think all files need to be copied and therefore they will always all be listed. Otherwise ./ and localhost:`pwd`/ will always be identical and nothing would be listed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
