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Subject: Re: [ILUG] directory merging
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John P. Looney wrote:
>  I've two directories, that once upon a time contained the same files.
> 
>  Now, they don't.
> 
>  Is there a tool to merge the two - create a new directory where if the
> files are the same, they aren't changed, if they are different, the one
> with the most recent datestamp is used...

Just for the record mc has a nice directory
comparison function. This is really nice
when using the ftp VFS for e.g. Of course
if you use something like ftpfs you can use
the previously mentioned tools.

Pádraig.


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