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Old 01-17-2005
I'm very familiar with PHP but not with how you can use it to create shell scripts. I'm running Linux and am running PERL 5.8.4 and PHP 4.3.10
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Old 01-17-2005
You might find this link helpful: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perl.html

Also, see, for example, on regular expressions:

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlrequick.html

A small amout of PERL scripting will do the trick you seek. This tutorial should get you going in a fast, good way:

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.4/pod/perlintro.html
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Old 01-17-2005
The GNU/Linux version of cp allows you to specify multiple sources - just make sure that the last argument (the destination) is a directory.
The -R option copies directories recursively.
Try the -u (update) option if you are making regular backups to the same destination.

Try cp --help for more info.
 
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