if no local destination is provided for the transfer then provide

a "ls -l" style listing of the files that would be transferred

flist.c

@@ -51,6 +51,36 @@ static struct exclude_struct **local_exclude_list;
 
 static void clean_flist(struct file_list *flist, int strip_root);
 
+
+static void list_file_entry(struct file_struct *f)
+{
+	char perms[11] = "----------";
+	char *perm_map = "rwxrwxrwx";
+	int i;
+
+	for (i=0;i<9;i++) {
+		if (f->mode & (1<<i)) perms[9-i] = perm_map[8-i];
+	}
+	if (S_ISLNK(f->mode)) perms[0] = 'l';
+	if (S_ISDIR(f->mode)) perms[0] = 'd';
+	if (S_ISBLK(f->mode)) perms[0] = 'b';
+	if (S_ISCHR(f->mode)) perms[0] = 'c';
+	if (S_ISSOCK(f->mode)) perms[0] = 's';
+	if (S_ISFIFO(f->mode)) perms[0] = 'p';
+	
+	if (preserve_links && S_ISLNK(f->mode)) {
+		rprintf(FINFO,"%s %11.0f %s %s -> %s\n", 
+			perms, 
+			(double)f->length, timestring(f->modtime), 
+			f_name(f), f->link);
+	} else {
+		rprintf(FINFO,"%s %11.0f %s %s\n", 
+			perms, 
+			(double)f->length, timestring(f->modtime), f_name(f));
+	}
+}
+
+
 int link_stat(const char *Path, STRUCT_STAT *Buffer) 
 {
 #if SUPPORT_LINKS
@@ -699,6 +729,7 @@ struct file_list *recv_file_list(int f)
   struct file_list *flist;
   unsigned char flags;
   int64 start_read;
+  extern int list_only;
 
   if (verbose && recurse && !am_server) {
     rprintf(FINFO,"receiving file list ... ");
@@ -765,6 +796,14 @@ struct file_list *recv_file_list(int f)
 	  io_error |= read_int(f);
   }
 
+  if (list_only) {
+	  int i;
+	  for (i=0;i<flist->count;i++) {
+		  list_file_entry(flist->files[i]);
+	  }
+  }
+
+
   if (verbose > 2)
     rprintf(FINFO,"recv_file_list done\n");
 

generator.c

@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ void recv_generator(char *fname,struct file_list *flist,int i,int f_out)
 	char *fnamecmp;
 	char fnamecmpbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
 	extern char *compare_dest;
+	extern int list_only;
+
+	if (list_only) return;
 
 	if (verbose > 2)
 		rprintf(FINFO,"recv_generator(%s,%d)\n",fname,i);

log.c

@@ -26,33 +26,11 @@
 static FILE *logfile;
 
 
-/****************************************************************************
-  return the date and time as a string
-****************************************************************************/
-static char *timestring(void )
-{
-	static char TimeBuf[200];
-	time_t t = time(NULL);
-	struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
-	strftime(TimeBuf,sizeof(TimeBuf)-1,"%Y/%m/%d %T",tm);
-#else
-	strlcpy(TimeBuf, asctime(tm), sizeof(TimeBuf)-1);
-#endif
-
-	if (TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] == '\n') {
-		TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] = 0;
-	}
-
-	return(TimeBuf);
-}
-
 static void logit(int priority, char *buf)
 {
 	if (logfile) {
 		fprintf(logfile,"%s [%d] %s", 
-			timestring(), (int)getpid(), buf);
+			timestring(time(NULL)), (int)getpid(), buf);
 		fflush(logfile);
 	} else {
 		syslog(priority, "%s", buf);

main.c

@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ int client_run(int f_in, int f_out, int pid, int argc, char *argv[])
 	int status = 0, status2 = 0;
 	char *local_name = NULL;
 	extern int am_sender;
+	extern int list_only;
 
 	setup_protocol(f_out,f_in);
 	
@@ -412,6 +413,8 @@ int client_run(int f_in, int f_out, int pid, int argc, char *argv[])
 		report(-1);
 		exit_cleanup(status);
 	}
+
+	if (argc == 0) list_only = 1;
 	
 	send_exclude_list(f_out);
 	
@@ -462,6 +465,20 @@ static int start_client(int argc, char *argv[])
 	extern int am_sender;
 	extern char *shell_cmd;
 
+	if (strncasecmp(URL_PREFIX, argv[0], strlen(URL_PREFIX)) == 0) {
+		char *host, *path;
+
+		host = argv[0] + strlen(URL_PREFIX);
+		p = strchr(host,'/');
+		if (p) {
+			*p = 0;
+			path = p+1;
+		} else {
+			path="";
+		}
+		return start_socket_client(host, path, argc-1, argv+1);
+	}
+
 	p = find_colon(argv[0]);
 
 	if (p) {
@@ -470,7 +487,7 @@ static int start_client(int argc, char *argv[])
 			return start_socket_client(argv[0], p+2, argc-1, argv+1);
 		}
 
-		if (argc < 2) {
+		if (argc < 1) {
 			usage(FERROR);
 			exit_cleanup(1);
 		}
@@ -525,7 +542,7 @@ static int start_client(int argc, char *argv[])
 			shell_path?shell_path:"");
 	}
 	
-	if (!am_sender && argc != 1) {
+	if (!am_sender && argc > 1) {
 		usage(FERROR);
 		exit_cleanup(1);
 	}

options.c

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int rsync_port = RSYNC_PORT;
 
 int verbose = 0;
 int always_checksum = 0;
-
+int list_only = 0;
 
 void usage(int F)
 {

rsync.h

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define RSYNC_NAME "rsync"
 #define RSYNCD_CONF "/etc/rsyncd.conf"
 
+#define URL_PREFIX "rsync://"
+
 #define BACKUP_SUFFIX "~"
 
 /* a non-zero CHAR_OFFSET makes the rolling sum stronger, but is

rsync.yo

@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ itemize(
 
 	it() if you specify no path name on the remote server then the
 	list of accessible paths on the server will be shown.
+	
+	it() if you specify no local destination then a listing of the
+	specified files on the remote server is provided
 )
 
 Some paths on the remote server may require authentication. If so then

util.c

@@ -762,3 +762,25 @@ char *sanitize_path(char *p)
 	return(copy);
 }
 
+
+/****************************************************************************
+  return the date and time as a string
+****************************************************************************/
+char *timestring(time_t t)
+{
+	static char TimeBuf[200];
+	struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
+	strftime(TimeBuf,sizeof(TimeBuf)-1,"%Y/%m/%d %T",tm);
+#else
+	strlcpy(TimeBuf, asctime(tm), sizeof(TimeBuf)-1);
+#endif
+
+	if (TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] == '\n') {
+		TimeBuf[strlen(TimeBuf)-1] = 0;
+	}
+
+	return(TimeBuf);
+}
+