> > I have read man cp, and I don't see a way to copy source file to > > destination file *only* if source file is newer than > destination file. > > > > In Linux, I could do cp -u. Is there another utility that > can pull this > > off? > > In sh(1), it should be as simple as: > > if [ $sourcefile -nt $destinationfile ] ; > then > cp -p $sourcefile $destinationfile ; > fi > > [untested]
Thanks, Lowell. Once again I've had an attack of the dumb-ass! :-) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
