10-12-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
raaaaaa
Thank you Lakris! rsync did the trick.
Do you know, if the filenames of the files were different in folder A vs folder B, but the content was the same, do they get copied over anyway?
Hi again,
It's the filename that determines the first difference. If the filenames differ they are different files, no matter if the content is the same. So if it doesn't exist in the destination directory, it will be copied.
Best regards,
Lakris
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test::folder
Test::Folder(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::Folder(3pm)
NAME
Test::Folder - test folder attributes
SYNOPSIS
use Test::More ...;
use Test::Folder;
DESCRIPTION
This modules provides a collection of test utilities for folder attributes. Use it in combination with Test::More in your test programs.
FUNCTIONS
folder_exists_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder exists, and not ok otherwise.
folder_not_exists_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder does not exist, and not ok otherwise.
folder_empty_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is empty (contains no files or subfolders), and not ok otherwise.
folder_not_empty_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is not empty (contains any files or subfolders), and not ok otherwise.
folder_readable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is readable, and not ok otherwise.
folder_not_readable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is not readable, and not ok otherwise.
folder_writable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is writable, and not ok otherwise.
folder_not_writable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is not writable, and not ok otherwise.
folder_executable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is executable, and not ok otherwise.
folder_not_executable_ok(FOLDERNAME [, TESTNAME] )
Ok if the folder is not executable, and not ok otherwise.
TO DO
There are probably some more folder attributes that can be tested. If you need them, please ask (or better yet, contribute code!).
AUTHOR
Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn, "mthurn at cpan.org", <http://tinyurl.com/nn67z>.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-test-dir at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Dir>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Test::Folder
You can also look for information at:
o RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Test-Dir>
o AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/Test-Dir>
o CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Test-Dir>
o Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Dir>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.10.1 2011-02-20 Test::Folder(3pm)