Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Is there any simple Linux command that does the equivalent
> to M$-DOS "xcopy <dir1>\<file1> <dir2> /F/D/S" ?
>
> I would like to copy a whole directory, including subdirectories,
> but _not_ copy when the destination file is not older than
> the source file.
>
> Alberto Monteiro
I might suggest something like:
find /sourcedir/ | cpio -pd /targetdir/
This lets you use all of the fun tools available in find,
as well as not copying over target files when the target
is newer than the source.
I've included excerpts from the cpio man page (in the
version I'm using, it might be different on yours)
to help explain the options and behaviors described.
(NOTE: I am NOT using -u)
-- Matt
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NAME
cpio -- archiver to copy and back up files
SYNOPSIS
cpio -o [-aBcHhvyz] [-C blocksize] [-O file] [-V volpat]
cpio -i [-BbcdfHhmrsStuvqy] [-C blocksize] [-I file]
[-V volpat] [pattern...]
cpio -p [-aBdlmruv] directory
-p copies the list of files read from standard input
to the specified directory. You can use this option
to copy entire file trees.
-d forces the creation of necessary intermediate
directories if they do not already exist.
-u copies an archive file to a target file even if the
target is newer than the archive. Normally, cpio does
not copy the file.
