rsync - Nov 2009 - Output of --list-only?

Am I overlooking something obvious, or is there really no way to specify 
an output format for '--list-only' or 'rsync -a [SOURCE]'?

Tried '--out-format=%n' and '--log-file-format=%n' (just in
case), but
neither had any effect.  Noticing '-i'/'--itemize-changes' lead
to what
I'm using for now:

rsync --dry-run --out-format=%n -i -a [SOURCE] /nonexistent/path/

But, it strikes me as odd that there's no way to change what the
'man'
page refers to as 'an output format similar to "ls -l"' when
other output
formats are so readily customized.

In case anyone's curious or another method's better, the goal is to use 
multiple '--exclude-from=FILE' files, but to do something other than 
'rsync' with the list of files that would be generated by
'rsync'.

Best,
Ben

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 12:21 -0500, Benjamin R. Haskell
wrote:
> Am I overlooking something obvious, or is there really no way to specify 
> an output format for '--list-only' or 'rsync -a [SOURCE]'?
There is no way.  You can enter an enhancement request if you like.
> In case anyone's curious or another method's better, the goal is to
use
> multiple '--exclude-from=FILE' files, but to do something other
than
> 'rsync' with the list of files that would be generated by
'rsync'.
> rsync --dry-run --out-format=%n -i -a [SOURCE] /nonexistent/path/
Yes, that's what I did in the same situation.

-- 
Matt