rsync copying files it doesn't need to

[Jonathan Underwood]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> The -a flag will make it try to duplicate the
> owner/group/permissions.  Perhaps there is some reason it
> can't.  In any case it probably doesn't take much extra time
> for this step.  The directory names are exchanged in any
> case so the only extra work is sending whatever difference
> it is finding and trying to duplicate it.
> 

Yes, that could explain it - my username and group on the remote machine 
are different. However it's odd that it only does shows this behaviour 
for the directories I mentioned and none of the other directories. 
Checking on the remote machine shows no difference in ownership or group 
for these directories compared to any other.

You're right, it doesn't seem to pose any real problem, but something 
inside me wants to understand :)

J.