Re: [Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-15 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, > In the end, I used the command: > peterm@peterm-kubuntu:~$ cp -anr ./ /media/peterm/Expansion\ > Drive/Upstairs-2013-09-15/ > > and this seems to do the job. Glad you got something that seems to be working. > the -r gives recursion through the sub-directories. The -a (archive) inc

Re: [Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-15 Thread Peter Merchant
On 13/01/14 14:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, Tim wrote: I have a problem. My backup USB drive is full. It has full copies of all my data and in some cases my whole home directory from every time that I have backed up. What I would like to do is consolidate by adding all files that are in

Re: [Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-13 Thread Peter Merchant
On 13/01/14 14:35, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Peter, Tim wrote: I have a problem. My backup USB drive is full. It has full copies of all my data and in some cases my whole home directory from every time that I have backed up. What I would like to do is consolidate by adding all files that are in

Re: [Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-13 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, Tim wrote: > > I have a problem. My backup USB drive is full. It has full copies of > > all my data and in some cases my whole home directory from every > > time that I have backed up. What I would like to do is consolidate > > by adding all files that are in the old "2013-upstairs-Augus

Re: [Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-13 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 12:41 +, Peter Merchant wrote: > Hi, I have a problem. My backup USB drive is full. It has full copies of > all my data and in some cases my whole home directory from every time > that I have backed up. What I would like to do is consolidate by adding > all files that

[Dorset] Consolidating files

2014-01-13 Thread Peter Merchant
Hi, I have a problem. My backup USB drive is full. It has full copies of all my data and in some cases my whole home directory from every time that I have backed up. What I would like to do is consolidate by adding all files that are in the old "2013-upstairs-August" directory to the "2013-ups