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Old 09-25-2013
[Solved] Copy Problem
I facing a problem :

I have a Source and Destination directory. The Source directory is linked to SVN and is updated by the Script to Head Revision.

After that i copy the Source to Destination by this command:

Code:
cp -r /SOURCE PATH /DESTIUNATION PATH

Now if a delete a file in source and run the above copy command its not getting deleted in DESTINATION. They are present with earlier dates in Destination path.

How to overcome this? Copy i guess is just replacing the new files and not deleteing the older files in Destination.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-27-2013 at 08:56 AM.. Reason: Mark thread solved.
# 2  
Old 09-25-2013
rsync is the tool you want.
It has multiple options which free the programer from writing thousands lines of shell code to accomplish these kind of tasks.

Hope that helps.
Regards
Peasant.
# 3  
Old 09-25-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant
rsync is the tool you want.
It has multiple options which free the programer from writing thousands lines of shell code to accomplish these kind of tasks.

Hope that helps.
Regards
Peasant.
I absolutely agree Smilie.
# 4  
Old 09-27-2013
It worked thanks Smilie
# 5  
Old 09-27-2013
Please modify the title of this thread by adding [SOLVED] before the current title, so that this thread will serve as a reference for other users in the future. BTW, glad it worked!
This User Gave Thanks to gacanepa For This Post:
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# 6  
Old 09-30-2013
Code:
rsync -avz --delete --exclude=.svn /LOCAL_REPOS_PATH /Destination_SERVER_PATH

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