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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting compare files in two directories and output changed files to third directory Post 302319997 by bkeep on Tuesday 26th of May 2009 08:13:09 PM
Old 05-26-2009
Thanks for the responses you guys are top notch. I have made a few modifications to get this working recursively using edgarvm's example. I also incorporated JerryHone's idea about dealing with non-existent files

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# setup folders for our different stages
DIST=/var/www/localhost/htdocs/dist/
DIST_OLD=/var/www/localhost/htdocs/dist_old/
DIST_UPGRADE=/var/www/localhost/htdocs/dist_upgrade/

cd $DIST

list=`find . -type f`

for a in $list; do
   if [ ! -f "$DIST_OLD$a" ]; then
        cp --parents $a $DIST_UPGRADE
      continue
   fi
   diff $a $DIST_OLD$a > /dev/null
   if [[ "$?" == "1" ]]; then
        # File exists but is different so copy changed file
        cp --parents $a $DIST_UPGRADE
   fi
done

Thanks for the advice.
Regards,
Brandon
Last edited by bkeep; 05-26-2009 at 10:04 PM.. Reason: Got it working with above code
 

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