--- generator.c	3 Aug 2004 15:41:16 -0000	1.109
+++ generator.c	5 Aug 2004 18:14:57 -0000
@@ -273,8 +273,14 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, 
 		return;
 	}
 
-	statret = link_stat(fname, &st, keep_dirlinks && S_ISDIR(file->mode));
-	stat_errno = errno;
+	if (dry_run > 1) {
+		statret = -1;
+		stat_errno = ENOENT;
+	} else {
+		statret = link_stat(fname, &st,
+				    keep_dirlinks && S_ISDIR(file->mode));
+		stat_errno = errno;
+	}
 
 	if (only_existing && statret == -1 && stat_errno == ENOENT) {
 		/* we only want to update existing files */
--- main.c	31 Jul 2004 16:14:27 -0000	1.215
+++ main.c	5 Aug 2004 18:14:57 -0000
@@ -379,9 +379,13 @@ static char *get_local_name(struct file_
 	if (do_mkdir(name,0777 & ~orig_umask) != 0) {
 		rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "mkdir %s failed", full_fname(name));
 		exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
-	} else {
-		if (verbose > 0)
-			rprintf(FINFO,"created directory %s\n",name);
+	}
+	if (verbose > 0)
+		rprintf(FINFO, "created directory %s\n", name);
+
+	if (dry_run) {
+		dry_run++;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if (!push_dir(name)) {