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Re: [opensuse] the cp command
  • From: M Harris <harrismh777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 23:30:04 -0500
  • Message-id: <200705032330.04185.harrismh777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 03 May 2007 23:25, M Harris wrote:
>         I have not used cp for this... but you might try  tar.
>
>         The  -u  switch of tar will only append files to an existing
> tarball that are newer than the copy in the existing archive.
        Actually... see man cp...   the cp command also has an  -u  switch for update 
which will do what you want...



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Kind regards,

M Harris     <><
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