Colin Humphreys wrote: > > I have a few systems that I need to configure a one way sync of > filesystems. (i.e the filesystem is only modified on one side). The > catch is that the systems are not networked together. > > I envisage generating somesort of md5sum database for both sides and > comparing the output. This will allow me to grab the modified/new/deleted > files and copy to the other system using burnt cd's. > > Does such a thing exist? It doesn't sound too hard to hack up, but if > something is out there, why reinvent the wheel...:)
You could use tar's 'only store files newer than DATE' option (-N) to do this. See the tar manpage for details. Matthew -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
