Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 22:24:07 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Daniel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pat=F3n?= <d.paton.d@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Equivalence to cp -Ru Message-ID: <20131206222407.8468245b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20131206195618.899fe8b4e89177f1bd331344@gmail.com> References: <20131206195618.899fe8b4e89177f1bd331344@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 19:56:18 +0100, Daniel Pat=F3n wrote: > In Linux I used the following command in bash on an external USB disk: >=20 > cp -Ru * /media/BACKUP >=20 > Now in FreeBSD with csh the command cp is a little different.=20 This has nothing to do with the C shell, as /bin/cp is an external command (binary). :-) > Is there any equivalence to cp -Ru that only copy the newest > files of my laptop to external disk? I'd suggest using cpdup from the ports collection. It can handle the described scenario very well (and flexible, if required). > cp -a ? This is equivelant to cp -RpP: recursive, preserve certain attributes, do not follow symlinks. See "man cp" for details. Linux cp's -u (--update) does not have a direct equivalent. Try cpdup. :-) --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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