compress and recurse not working like described in "Short Topics Sysadmin" Book 16

Hi,

I'am giving with this one:

files:
    /logfiles/test/test.log recurse=inf include=*.log action=compress

compresses the file test.log without problems.

while
files:
    /logfiles  recurse=inf include=*.log action=compress

is doing nothing. The only message in verbose mode is "cfengine:bre010: 
Commence checking file(s) in /logfiles/test/". Thats it.

Believing the Sage "Short Topics Sysadmin" Book 16 (page 22), this 
should work.

Cheers,
Thorsten