Subj : Re: Can I mirror a directory on the same computer ?
To   : alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux
From : Andy Fraser
Date : Sun Oct 31 2004 04:45 am

In alt.comp.linux, Mark Hobley uttered these immortal words:

> I want to create a script, which will run from a cron job to mirror the
> contents of one directory to another.
> 
> Both directories are on the same computer, so I don't want to use rsync,
> or fmirror.
> 
> I know that I can use cp -r.
> 
> I would like to copy only files that differ from those in the destination
> directory, and I would like files that have been removed from the source
> directory to be removed from the destination directory.

You don't want to use rsync but what you want *is* rsync. You could write a
script to do what you want as Geoffrey suggested but why re-invent the
wheel?
 
> Is there a simple way of mirroring directories in this manner ?

Yes, use rsync. It's perfectly capable of mirroring directories locally. I
should know, I use it for that purpose myself.

-- 
Andy.

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