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xcopy on unix
Name: Miskva Date: July 25, 2003 at 15:59:21 Pacific OS: HPUX11 CPU/Ram: -
Comment:
Hi,
I was looking for a command to do the following :
xcopy c:\source\*.* c:\backup /d /s
Yes, this is a DOS command, but it performs something which I need on Unix: copy a full directory structure .. but only the new, or newer (changed) files ...
Name: David Perry Date: July 25, 2003 at 19:26:50 Pacific
Reply:
Have a look at the man pages for rsync. It will do exactly what you want, locally or between hosts.
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Response Number 2
Name: James Boothe Date: July 26, 2003 at 06:10:27 Pacific
Reply:
rsync may not be available on Miskva's HPUX11.
I use rdist on that platform for syncing directory trees between hosts, but I don't know if rdist could be used to sync two directory trees on the same host.
Note that "syncing" can involve removal of subdirectories and/or files to make the target directory tree same as the source directory tree.
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Response Number 3
Name: David Perry Date: July 26, 2003 at 06:47:20 Pacific
Reply:
If your hp-ux box does not already have rsync, you can find it at the
Deleting files and directories can be controlled with command line parameters. The --existing flag will only update files that already exist.
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Response Number 4
Name: SirMiskva2 Date: July 27, 2003 at 02:21:19 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
Thanks for the response. I will try the two executables, as mentioned here. Will keep you up to date.
The issue with the directories .. thats not too bad, it actually is a "bug" which separates the aboved mentioned xcopy and a real synchronising tool .. Cant blame xcopy for that, it just copies ..
So, will keep you up to date ..
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Response Number 5
Name: ArnoldF Date: July 27, 2003 at 13:30:10 Pacific
Reply:
cd /root/source find . -cnewer /backup |cpio -pdvm /backup
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Response Number 6
Name: Miskva_013 Date: July 31, 2003 at 12:42:21 Pacific
Reply:
Hi
I tried the solution with find and cpio, cause that one seems most easy, and no special setup is needed ..
command works .. well: almost ... tried this:
cd /root/source find . -newer /backup |cpio -pdvm /backup
it does copies new files, but only if the old version exists in the target .. in other words, it doesnt copy new files !
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