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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.

P�draig.


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