To just do file copies, I would use 7-Zip File Manager. Copy one folder
onto another. The first time an overwrite dialog comes up, click the "No to
All" button, which will not copy any existing files. It won't copy newer
files, though, just nonexistent ones.

- Alex
-- 
Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.  Wise is knowing better than to
put one in a fruit salad.


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 7:29 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 01/27/13 20:18, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
>
>> On 28/01/2013 07:31, Jeffrey Race wrote:
>>
>>> I've designed my backup system around this ap but have been unable
>>> to figure out the command-line switches.
>>>
>> Most people don't bother to remember what the individual switches mean. I
>> personally memorize this incantation...
>>
>> rsync -Pavz /path/to/src/ /path/to/dest/
>>
>> ...and use it everywhere. You can't really go wrong with that.
>>
>>
> Except, he wanted to avoid over writing existing files.
>
> -avzP is my usual set of rsync options too.
>
> Is there an easy setup of a Windows based rsync?  So far I have
> not found one that I can give a user and have them set it up on
> their own.
>
> --STeve Andre'
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