rsync copying files it doesn't need to

[Jonathan Underwood]

Dave Mitchell wrote:
> Those aren't files, they're directories; and presumably the directories
> have changed - eg by creating and then deleting a temporary file in the
> directory. In that case, rsync will have to update the last modified
> timestamp on the remote directorry.

Yes, sorry - I meant directories. No, the content of the directories 
doesn't change between consecutive runs of rsync. The time stamp of the 
directories hasn't changed, is 5th December (as reported by ls -l). I 
must be missing something obvious here, surely.