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? I would suggest rsync for this task. You could use it to sync /tmp/dirA/dirB with /dirC/dirB, deleting files not in /tmp/dirA/dirB from /dirC/dirB something like this: $ rsync -av --delete /tmp/dirA/dirB/ /dirC/dirB/ The trailing slashes are significant, so check out the rsync man page for more details. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route.
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