rsync - Oct 2006 - resolving difference in interface between rsync and cp/rcp/scp

I've run into a situation where we'd like to replace rcp with rsync, but
we've run into a difference in interface, which is causing us problems. 
Here's the problem. If we run this in rsync:

 > mkdir tmpdir; cd tmpdir
 > mkdir a; touch a/b
 > rsync -r a b/
 > ls b
a/

But for all the other programs, we get something different:

 > cp -r a c/
 > ls c
foo
 > cp -r a d/
 > ls d
foo
 > cp -r a e/
 > ls e
foo

Is there a flag for rsync that I'm missing that supports this behavior? 
I was unable to find one.

Thanks,
-e

Erick Tryzelaar wrote:
> But for all the other programs, we get something different:
>
> > cp -r a c/
> > ls c
> foo
> > cp -r a d/
> > ls d
> foo
> > cp -r a e/
> > ls e
> foo
That should be rcp in the second case, and scp in the third. Sorry about 
the transcription error.

-e

No one has any ideas?

-e


Erick Tryzelaar wrote:
> I've run into a situation where we'd like to replace rcp with
rsync,
> but we've run into a difference in interface, which is causing us 
> problems. Here's the problem. If we run this in rsync:
>
> > mkdir tmpdir; cd tmpdir
> > mkdir a; touch a/b
> > rsync -r a b/
> > ls b
> a/
>
> But for all the other programs, we get something different:
>
> > cp -r a c/
> > ls c
> foo
> > cp -r a d/
> > ls d
> foo
> > cp -r a e/
> > ls e
> foo
>
> Is there a flag for rsync that I'm missing that supports this 
> behavior? I was unable to find one.
>
> Thanks,
> -e