I want to be able to merge one sub-directory tree over another. I used to be able to do this before the posuxide of GNU/UNIX. [In the past I've been very impressed with how GNU utility writers have offered POSIX stuff, and alternatives allowing users to decide on how many PSI (POSIX Sucking Idiocies) they wanted to "ingest".]
And, yes, I have RTFMed until I'm blue in the [file-system]-space. ;-) At various different times 'mv' alone; or 'cp' followed by an 'rm' would do this, but alas, no more. In brief, I want the merge to move everything from 'a' into 'c', overwriting all like-named files, and merging everything else Example: -------- Two original directories in the current directory: 'a', 'c'. I would issue following command: $ merge a c on the following subtrees: -- a/ 1.txt a.txt a/b/ 3.txt tenex.c a/c foo.txt foobar.txt -- c/ c/a/ 1.txt os360.o c/a/b/ tenex.c larrysucks2.bat c/b/ aardvark.texi bleet.1 c/b/a/ billsux.alot -- to yield the following results: -- c/ c/a/ 1.txt a.txt os360.o c/a/b/ 3.txt tenex.c larrysucks2.bat c/b/ aardvark.texi bleet.1 c/b/a/ billsux.alot -- How can I do this without writing the shell script from hell. -- Lee D. Rothstein -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] VeriTech -- 603-424-2900 7 Merry Meeting Drive Merrimack, NH 03054-2934 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
