rsync - Jan 2003 - problem with option -n and empty directories

I have a problem using option -n (to test if a sync operation will be
done) and I add empty directory in the source tree.

If I make:

  # mkdir source/empty
  # rsync -n -v -a ... source/ dest

rsync does not notes empty dir, but if I remove -n option it synchronize
correctly also the empty dir.

Why ?

I think this is important because, as I do, a command like `rsync -n'
could be inserted in crontab, for example hourly, to check if the source
tree has to be updated.

Please answer directly to me at broglia@nsa.it.

Thank you very much.
Marco.

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:31:59PM +0100, Marco Broglia
wrote:
> I have a problem using option -n (to test if a sync operation will be
> done)
Yeah, it's a known bug that -n doesn't mention everything that rsync
would output if -n wasn't specified.  I've also noticed that rsync
sometimes does things _without_ -n with no mention either -- for
instance, if it changes a file mode or an owner (but nothing else about
the file) it doesn't output anything.  This is something that we should
look into fixing.

..wayne..