Re: Directory overwriting

2006-07-03 Thread Rodolfo Medina
d, 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 over

Re: Directory overwriting

2006-05-30 Thread Mike McCarty
ath/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? I think what you want is rsync. The techniques you saw posted e

Re: Directory overwriting

2006-05-26 Thread Rodolfo Medina
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. >>>

Re: Directory overwriting

2006-05-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
d, 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

Re: Directory overwriting

2006-05-22 Thread Digby Tarvin
t; 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 overwri

Re: Directory overwriting

2006-05-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ath/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? You could probably write a script to "replace" the current

Directory overwriting

2006-05-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
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? Thanks, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q