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# 15  
Old 03-30-2009
I think even cp has a -u option which copies only latest files from source to dest.
# 16  
Old 04-02-2009
hey guys thanks again for your replies..

i still have a problem with the script... so i have a few versions of it that dont work, here they are:

Code:
#!/bin/bash


PREVLATEST=""
while [ 1 ]; do
LATEST=`ls -tr /var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE | tail -1`
if [ "${LATEST}" != "${PREVLATEST}" ]; then
  cp "/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/${LATEST}" "/var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2/${LATEST}"
  PREVLATEST="${LATEST}"
  fi
done

in this one it complains "sysntax error near unexpected token 'done'"

Code:
#!/bin/bash


SOURCEFOLDER=/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE
TARGETFOLDER=/var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2
while [ 1 ]; do
  find ${SOURCEFOLDER} | cpio -pdmv ${TARGETFOLDER}
  sleep 3
done

in this one it complaints that command cpio "command not found"

So here is another code that works if i run it without complaints...

Code:
#!/bin/bash


if [ -e /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2 ]
then
	mv /var/mobile/Media/DCIM /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_temp
	mv /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2 /var/mobile/Media/DCIM
	mv /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_temp /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2
else
	mv /var/mobile/Media/DCIM /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2
	mkdir /var/mobile/Media/DCIM
	chown mobile:mobile /var/mobile/Media/DCIM
fi

The code above just check what is the current directory and sets the other one as a default....

so taking as an example the one above, i am trying to run something as simple as :

Code:
#!/bin/bash

cp /var/mobile/Media/DCIM/IMG_0001.JPG /var/mobile/Media/DCIM_2/hello.jpg

and it complains that the directory doesnt exist.... ???? makes no sense to me

Any ideas??
# 17  
Old 04-02-2009
Quote:
cpio command not found
On my machine cpio(1) is at /bin/cpio.

If not then try running as root:
Code:
# updatedb; locate cpio | grep bin

If you do not have locate the run:
Code:
# find /usr /bin /sbin /usr/local/bin /opt -type f -name cpio

One of the above will tell you where cpio is on your system.
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