On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 23:00 +0700, lists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, I don't know if I already sent this question or not, my server > died before, and I havn't been able to receive the mails for a while. > > I want to move the files from one dir to another, but only if they are > newer. So I do: > > mv -u /tmp/dirA/dirB /dirC/dirB > > Meaning moving it from being a subdir of /tmp/dirA to be a subdir of /dirC. > > The first time it works, but the next time it will end up being like this: > > /dirC/dirB/dirB :( > > Could I use the "cp -ru" instead with some other flag to remove files > successfully copied? > > /Peter > Are you sure the second time you did not execute this: mv -u /tmp/dirA/dirB /dirC/dirB/ -- ======================================================================= A penny saved is ridiculous. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
