The file name end with . (dot) will be renamed at destination folder

[Wayne Davison]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Quang Tran Hong wrote:
> NormalFile.
> 23 (100%)
> rename .NormalFile..idNZdb -> NormalFile. : File exists

You'll note that in these messages that the dot has not been lost, so
it's not rsync's doing that is causing this problem.  It looks to be a
deficiency in your OS.  Are you trying to send this file to a Microsoft
OS?

..wayne..