man... you guys are so knowledgable! On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:21 PM, James Mcphee <jmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> rsync is built for stuff like this. I use the following in one of my sync > routines. Your flag may vary: > > rsync -avvz /path/to/source /path/to/dest > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Josef Lowder <j...@actionline.com> wrote: > >> What is the syntax to copy only new files from a CD backup to a hard disk? >> >> I make backups of my files onto CDs and copy them onto another computer >> to maintain redunancy. Probably there is a better way to do this (sync, >> etc.) >> so I would also appreciate knowing what is a better way to do this. >> >> What I have been using is this: >> >> cp -rp /mnt/cdrom/foldername /home/joe/foldername <E> >> >> That works, but I don't want to re-write files that are unchanged, >> and I don't want to write over any files that are newer on the >> destination system. How should this syntax be changed? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmc...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > -- :-)~MIKE~(-:
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