|| die "failed to export the same stuff we imported!"
# import some stuff with extended attributes on it
-run_expect_succ "$RADOS_SYNC" import "$TDIR/dirc" "$POOL"
+run_expect_succ "$RADOS_SYNC" import "$TDIR/dirc" "$POOL" | tee $TDIR/out
+run_expect_succ grep -q '\[xattr\]' $TDIR/out
+
+# the second time, the xattrs should match, so there should be nothing to do.
+run_expect_succ "$RADOS_SYNC" import "$TDIR/dirc" "$POOL" | tee $TDIR/out
+run_expect_fail grep -q '\[xattr\]' $TDIR/out
# export some stuff with extended attributes on it
run_expect_succ "$RADOS_SYNC" -C export "$POOL" "$TDIR/dirc_copy"