02-15-2008
rsync will not do what you need. The destination will be a copy of the source. No duplications or new filenames allowed. rsync will delete as well as copy and update files.
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Hi,
Is there a way (either commands/tools/scripts/logic) to compare two given folders on different unix boxes. I want to compare folder a in Unix box 'A' with folder 'b' in Unix box 'B'. I can run the script in Unix box 'A'.
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Hi,
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Linux Community
I would like to ask about how to compare files in deferent server with date.
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
i'm trying to script to compare the same directory on the lpar.
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Hi
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do you compare one local folder and a remote folder and copy the difference to a third folder in a remote folder.e.g.
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TEST1.OUT
TEST2.OUT
TEST3.OUT
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
mhc-sync
mhc(1) General Commands Manual mhc(1)
NAME
mhc-sync - Data synchronization tool for MHC
SYNOPSIS
mhc-sync [options] [user@]remote.host[:dir]
mhc-sync -s [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the mhc-sync commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page.
mhc-sync is a program that synchronize MHC data using ssh. Note that You must install ssh and mhc-sync in both systems. Before you use
it, you must make sure that the remote repository and the local repository are identical.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-n Do nothing effectives. Useful for checking.
-x exchange_id
Set identical id for each pair of machines
-r local_dir
Set local repository directory of the MHC. (default: ~/Mail/schedule)
-s Server mode, Don't specify it.
SEE ALSO
adb2mhc(1), gemcal(1), mhc2palm(1), palm2mhc(1), today(1), mhc(5).
AUTHOR
This program was written by Yoshinari Nomura <nom@quickhack.net> and this manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
23 Jun 2000 mhc(1)