rsync - Apr 2008 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5404] New: rsync --dry-run should show where files will go

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5404

           Summary: rsync --dry-run should show where files will go
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.3
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: nlevitt@gmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


Multiple times I've run rsync -n (aka --dry-run) to check if the files
I'm
transferring are gonna go where I want them to, to make sure I've got
trailing
slashes in the right spots and such. But it does not tell me, which is very
frustrating.


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wayned@samba.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




------- Comment #1 from wayned@samba.org  2008-04-18 21:24 CST -------
I'd suggest using -i (--itemize-changes) with -n.


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nlevitt@gmail.com changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |




------- Comment #2 from nlevitt@gmail.com  2008-04-25 19:10 CST -------
I hope reopening the bug doesn't violate etiquette. But -i gives me little
satisfaction. As the man page says, the output is utterly cryptic, and amongst
the zillions of options, -i is very obscure. Why not have -n print something
like this, kind of like "/bin/cp -v", for each file:

/source/path/file -> dest-host:/dest/path/file


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             Status|REOPENED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




------- Comment #3 from wayned@samba.org  2008-04-26 01:50 CST -------
Sorry, I wouldn't like such an output.  --dry-run tells rsync to just not do
the copy, not become overly repetitive in its output strings.


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