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Howard Brazee

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:39 pm
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I'd like to copy files from:
/Volumes/pbrazee/copy/My Documents/home/

from my .mac iDisk

to /Users/HBrazee/Documents/home/

on my iMac.

I want to keep the time-date stamp, and not copy files with a newer
time-date stamp on the destination directory.


I was thinking the way to go is with a BASH script - but I need some
help.

(I will be copying other directories of files back and forth within
the same script).

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Jim Gibson

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:39 pm
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In article <005i045cfs7akj54i7m93gojnvt2rk2p8t.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, Howard Brazee
<howard.DeleteThis@brazee.net> wrote:

> I'd like to copy files from:
> /Volumes/pbrazee/copy/My Documents/home/
>
> from my .mac iDisk
>
> to /Users/HBrazee/Documents/home/
>
> on my iMac.
>
> I want to keep the time-date stamp, and not copy files with a newer
> time-date stamp on the destination directory.
>
>
> I was thinking the way to go is with a BASH script - but I need some
> help.
>
> (I will be copying other directories of files back and forth within
> the same script).
>

From the command line, you can use tar or 'rsync -t' to copy files
preserving the file times. Both have options for deciding to copy files
or not based on file times, although rsync is probably a little more
straightforward.

I don't understand "not copy files with a newer time-date stamp". This
seems counter to the normal practice of only copying files from a
source which are newer than the same-named file on the destination. Can
you explain further?

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Howard Brazee

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:50 am
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:01 -0700, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson.TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
wrote:

>From the command line, you can use tar or 'rsync -t' to copy files
>preserving the file times. Both have options for deciding to copy files
>or not based on file times, although rsync is probably a little more
>straightforward.

I will man this command.

>I don't understand "not copy files with a newer time-date stamp". This
>seems counter to the normal practice of only copying files from a
>source which are newer than the same-named file on the destination. Can
>you explain further?

I guess it wasn't clear which side had the "newer time-date stamp".
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:31 am
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:01 -0700, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:

>From the command line, you can use tar or 'rsync -t' to copy files
>preserving the file times. Both have options for deciding to copy files
>or not based on file times, although rsync is probably a little more
>straightforward.

I noticed the man command included:

SYNOPSIS
rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST

rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST

rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST

rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]

rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST

rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]

rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST


So I've been experimenting trying to find my .mac iDisk, but haven't
been able to figure out how to cd to it. The finde shows it as
"iDisk" on the left, but it may be named pbrazee (my wife's name is
Pat).
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:54 pm
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In message <e90k04l7erb1k3oh92fdd17nqghtvnas5k.RemoveThis@4ax.com>
Howard <howard.RemoveThis@brazee.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:01 -0700, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
> wrote:

>>From the command line, you can use tar or 'rsync -t' to copy files
>>preserving the file times. Both have options for deciding to copy files
>>or not based on file times, although rsync is probably a little more
>>straightforward.

> I noticed the man command included:

> SYNOPSIS
> rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST:DEST

> rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST:SRC DEST

> rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST

> rsync [OPTION]... [USER@]HOST::SRC [DEST]

> rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST

> rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]

> rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST


> So I've been experimenting trying to find my .mac iDisk, but haven't
> been able to figure out how to cd to it. The finde shows it as
> "iDisk" on the left, but it may be named pbrazee (my wife's name is
> Pat).

The iDisk is a local volume as far as rsync is concerned

rsync -Eav /Volumes/pbrazee/path/to/files ~/myLocaliDisk/

rsync will only copy over files that are not identical


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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:16 pm
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:54:30 -0500, Lewis
<g.kreme RemoveThis @gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>The iDisk is a local volume as far as rsync is concerned
>
>rsync -Eav /Volumes/pbrazee/path/to/files ~/myLocaliDisk/

Interesting. I have enough now to get started (I still have some
learning to do). Thanks.
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