[TriLUG] copying files

[David Both]

All I am doing is suggesting you try it. What do you have to lose?


On 06/19/2012 09:18 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, David Both wrote:
>
>> Yes, but it is faster than using find.
>
> find finds the new files instantly, whereas cp -auv will sit there for 5 mins, 
> presumably comparing file dates at each end, before it copies over the new 
> file (or files).
>
> If I have take this list of the new files, and copy them by hand, they're 
> copied in seconds. So by pre-selecting only the new files, the copy changes 
> from 5mins to about 15secs.
>
> The update is unidirectional. I don't need both ends to talk and make sure 
> files are in sync. I just have to copy the new files to the remote machine.
>
> Joe
>
>> Much faster. And it works very well. Does everything you want to do with a 
>> single command.
>>
>>
>> On 06/19/2012 09:05 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
>>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, David Both wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about rsync?
>>>
>>> did you read my reply to Robert Dale about rsync?
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>
>>
>



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