rsync - Oct 2008 - "pretend" option in rsync?

Is there a "pretend" option in rsync that will just show the transfers
it is
going to do without actually doing any transfers?
Or even better, after it shows the transfers it is about to do to prompt if
user would like to proceed. Sort of like "emerge --pretend" and
"emerge
--ask" in Gentoo package management.
Thanks,
Roumen.
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On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 12:24 -0700, rumcho wrote:
> Is there a "pretend" option in rsync that will just show the
transfers it is
> going to do without actually doing any transfers?
The --dry-run option disables actually doing the transfers.  You would
use it in combination with whatever output options you like (-v, -i,
--out-format, etc.).
> Or even better, after it shows the transfers it is about to do to prompt if
> user would like to proceed.
That is not currently implemented.  One way this could work is to use
--delay-updates --delete-after and prompt the user just before the
delayed update/delete pass.  If the user cancels, staged files will be
left in .~tmp~ directories in the destination, but these can easily be
deleted by a shell script.

Matt

Great! Thank you Matt.


Matt McCutchen-7 wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 12:24 -0700, rumcho wrote:
>> Is there a "pretend" option in rsync that will just show the
transfers it
>> is
>> going to do without actually doing any transfers?
> 
> The --dry-run option disables actually doing the transfers.  You would
> use it in combination with whatever output options you like (-v, -i,
> --out-format, etc.).
> 
>> Or even better, after it shows the transfers it is about to do to
prompt
>> if
>> user would like to proceed.
> 
> That is not currently implemented.  One way this could work is to use
> --delay-updates --delete-after and prompt the user just before the
> delayed update/delete pass.  If the user cancels, staged files will be
> left in .~tmp~ directories in the destination, but these can easily be
> deleted by a shell script.
> 
> Matt
> 
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