Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> When I copy a file into the present directory, with: >> >> $ cp /path/to/file . >> >> , if the file already exists it is overwritten, i.e. the `old one' >> is removed and the `new one' takes its place. >> Instead, with directories it is not the same: >> when I do: >> >> $ cp -vr /path/to/dir . >> >> , if the directory already exists it is not removed, but the new one >> just adds files to the old one. >> >> Would it be possible, and how?, to have with directory overwriting >> the same behaviour we have with file overwriting?
Mike McCarty writes: > I think what you want is rsync. The techniques you saw posted > earlier are somewhat more limited. Look into --delete. Thanks, it seems to work. To do what I want, I do: $ rsync -vr --delete /path/to/dir . . Is that right? Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
