04-06-2011
The difference between -del and -delete is just when the delete is done, helps with files that are linked to, it really comes into play on busy destination systems where directories are being monitored and the like.
Do you have links pointing outside the Videos tree?
You might be best in using --copy-unsafe-links anyway just incase a link outside the tree is created in the future.
--ignore-existing does what the description says - if file exists on the dest it's ignored (It will not change the dest file even if the timestamp/size/content/permissions are different)
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COPY(3) 1 COPY(3)
copy - Copies file
SYNOPSIS
bool copy (string $source, string $dest, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Makes a copy of the file $source to $dest.
If you wish to move a file, use the rename(3) function.
PARAMETERS
o $source
- Path to the source file.
o $dest
- The destination path. If $dest is a URL, the copy operation may fail if the wrapper does not support overwriting of existing
files.
Warning
If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.
o $context
- A valid context resource created with stream_context_create(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.4 | |
| | |
| | Changed the $context parameter to actually have |
| | an effect. Previously, any $context was ignored. |
| | |
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Added context support. |
| | |
| 4.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Both $source and $dest may now be URLs if the |
| | "fopen wrappers" have been enabled. See fopen(3) |
| | for more details. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
copy(3) example
<?php
$file = 'example.txt';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';
if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
echo "failed to copy $file...
";
}
?>
SEE ALSO
move_uploaded_file(3), rename(3), The section of the manual about handling file uploads.
PHP Documentation Group COPY(3)