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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Copying latest file into a folder Post 302301654 by TonyFullerMalv on Friday 27th of March 2009 02:10:41 PM
Old 03-27-2009
Carrying on rikxik's suggestion if you simply want to copy only new or changed files from foldera to folderb then the following will do that:
Code:
find foldera | cpio -pdmv folderb

The cpio(1) command will not copy files into folderb that already exist AND are the same as the in foldera, if any files are new or changed in foldera then cpio will copy them.

So for the folders you mentioned before:
Code:
SOURCEFOLDER=/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE
TARGETFOLDER=/var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2
while [ 1 ]; do
  find ${SOURCEFOLDER} | cpio -pdmv ${TARGETFOLDER}
  sleep 3
done

Drop the v parameter crom cpio once you are happy it is doing what you want it to.

Last edited by TonyFullerMalv; 03-27-2009 at 03:18 PM..
 

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RMF(1)								     [nmh-1.5]								    RMF(1)

NAME
rmf - remove an nmh folder SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-interactive | -nointeractive] [-version] [-help] DESCRIPTION
Rmf removes all of the messages (files) within the specified (or default) folder, and then removes the folder (directory) itself. If there are any files within the folder which are not a part of nmh, they will not be removed, and an error will be produced. If the folder is given explicitly or the -nointeractive option is given, then the folder will be removed without confirmation. Otherwise, the user will be asked for confirmation. If rmf can't find the current folder, for some reason, the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox' (unless overridden by user's profile entry "Inbox") with confirmation. If the folder being removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become the new current folder, and rmf will produce a message telling the user this has happened. This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current folder from which the list was extracted. If rmf s used on a read-only folder, it will delete all the (private) sequences (i.e., "atr-seq-folder" entries) for this folder from your context without affecting the folder itself. Rmf irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links, so use it with caution. FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's nmh directory Current-Folder: To find the default current folder Inbox: To find the default inbox SEE ALSO
rmm(1) DEFAULTS
`+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation `-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise CONTEXT
Rmf will set the current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is removed; or if the current folder is removed, it will make "inbox" current. Otherwise, it doesn't change the current folder or message. BUGS
Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively, it does not. Hence if you have a sub-folder within a folder, in order to rmf the parent, you must first rmf each of the children. MH.6.8 11 June 2012 RMF(1)
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