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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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> 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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M Harris <><
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