Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:56:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cp -u patch Message-ID: <13362.988617369@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:21:32 %2B0200." <20010426222132.B55566@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:21:32 +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > Question is, do we want to add this to our cp? Bleh. :-) for i in `find /path/to/src`; do if [ $i -nt /path/to/dst/$i ]; then cp $i /path/to/dst/ fi done And the people who question the efficiency of such shell scripts would do well to 1) Think about the frequency with which these special cases are actually required. 2) Think about the existence of perl(1) and cc(1) on their systems. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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