Why is rsync daemon truncating this path? -

i'm trying synchronize set of remote files via rsync daemon, resulting path missing initial path element.

$ rsync -hravp ftp.ncbi.nih.gov::refseq/h_sapiens/readme 2015-05-11/ receiving incremental file list created directory 2015-05-11 h_sapiens/ h_sapiens/readme           4,850 100%    4.63mb/s    0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/2)  sent 51 bytes  received 5,639 bytes  3,793.33 bytes/sec total size 4,850  speedup 0.85  $ tree 2015-05-11/ 2015-05-11/ └── h_sapiens     └── readme 

notice resulting tree missing first part of remote path ("refseq").

i realize can append first element of remote path destination path, seems unlikely (to me) intended behavior of rsync.

it's worth noting comparison rsync -hravp refseq/h_sapiens/readme 2015-05-11/ (where source local file) correctly creates full relative path under destination directory.

see rsync description:

connecting rsync server

...

using rsync in way same using rsh or ssh except that:

• you use double colon :: instead of single colon separate hostname path.
• the first word of "path" module name.

you can module names with

rsync -hravp ftp.ncbi.nih.gov::