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...irs/etc but not actually transfer anything. (--existing might be implied by --no-transfer, or perhaps not using --existing would transfer missing files only) Reasoning: It would allow for tasks like tightening security on identical systems to be done with a lot more speed. You could go through and painstaikingly adjust permissions on one server and then sync all the other identical servers to match. It would also be useful for cases where you back up an entire server nightly to a backup server which allows access only to a normal user. You can then restore it to a new server from the backup and sync to an...