#ifdef SUPPORT_HARD_LINKS
try_a_copy: /* Copy the file locally. */
#endif
- if (copy_file(cmpbuf, fname, file->mode, 0) < 0) {
+ if (!dry_run && copy_file(cmpbuf, fname, file->mode, 0) < 0) {
if (verbose) {
rsyserr(FINFO, errno, "copy_file %s => %s",
full_fname(cmpbuf), fname);