9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
13:31
I have a question on tar 'extract' i want to perform an extract that only overwrites files that are older than the ones in the tar archive and skips (doesn't overwrite) ones that are newer than those in the tar archive. I've read the info pages. I saw the '--overwrite' and '--keep-old-files' options but they do not do what I want. It seems the options are, either overwrite all files (--overwrite option), or skip files that already exist (--keep-old-files option). How can I do a date test and --overwrite files that are older than those in the tar archive, and --keep-old-files that are newer then the ones in the tar archive? Please help! Thanks Matt