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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Copying latest file into a folder Post 302299359 by takissd on Thursday 19th of March 2009 10:55:23 PM
Old 03-19-2009
Copying latest file into a folder

Hello all, this is my first post while i am trying to understand unix.
I would basically like to know if i can do this:
Lets say i have a folderA and folderB
And i save something in folderA

Can i make a script that checks folderA latest file, then compares it with the date of latest file in folder B
If the file in folderA is newer that the last file in folderB then copy it on FolderB rename it to something.
Repeat this infinitely Smilie

So even if i delete the contents of folderA i will have a backup of all files in folderB

I am not sure how to proceed or if that is possible.
Thanks in advance for any info!
 

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BACKUP(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 BACKUP(8)

NAME
backup - backup files SYNOPSIS
backup [-djmnorstvz] dir1 dir2 OPTIONS
-d At top level, only directories are backed up -j Do not copy junk: *.Z, *.bak, a.out, core, etc -m If device full, prompt for new diskette -n Do not backup top-level directories -o Do not copy *.o files -r Restore files -s Do not copy *.s files -t Preserve creation times -v Verbose; list files being backed up -z Compress the files on the backup medium EXAMPLES
backup -mz . /f0 # Backup current directory compressed backup /bin /usr/bin # Backup bin from RAM disk to hard disk DESCRIPTION
Backup (recursively) backs up the contents of a given directory and its subdirectories to another part of the file system. It has two typ- ical uses. First, some portion of the file system can be backed up onto 1 or more diskettes. When a diskette fills up, the user is prompted for a new one. The backups are in the form of mountable file systems. Second, a directory on RAM disk can be backed up onto hard disk. If the target directory is empty, the entire source directory is copied there, optionally compressed to save space. If the target directory is an old backup, only those files in the target directory that are older than similar names in the source directory are replaced. Backup uses times for this purpose, like make. Calling Backup as Restore is equivalent to using the -r option; this replaces newer files in the target directory with older files from the source directory, uncompressing them if necessary. The target directory con- tents are thus returned to some previous state. SEE ALSO
tar(1). BACKUP(8)
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