Comments on: Linux/Unix File Copy Trick http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/ Made with only the finest 1's and 0's Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dimangi http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-50584 dimangi Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:48:45 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=545#comment-50584 I had also problems with rsync, but the cp hack worked just fine... I had also problems with rsync, but the cp hack worked just fine…

]]> By: Redbrick http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-50559 Redbrick Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:53:05 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=545#comment-50559 Thanks for this tip, it's an easy and quick way to sync to directories that don't support rsync properly (e.g. certain SMB shares) and on a platform without the -n switch to cp (e.g. Debian). I sometimes like to add the -v switch to cp to make it list the files it's copying. Thanks for this tip, it’s an easy and quick way to sync to directories that don’t support rsync properly (e.g. certain SMB shares) and on a platform without the -n switch to cp (e.g. Debian). I sometimes like to add the -v switch to cp to make it list the files it’s copying.

]]> By: Oubliette http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-19974 Oubliette Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:51:27 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=545#comment-19974 I'm here because I want to do exactly this and I have already tried rsync. The source files are on a samba share and rsync can't see them. Well, actually, it can see them, it builds the copy list fine, but when it goes to get them it hits a "file has vanished" error for every single file. I think this might be a unicode issue, the files are written to the samba share by iTunes from a Mac, but I can't fiddle with the code page because the share is on a dumb NAS device. I'm left with cp and this trick to not overwrite files... ... or -n now I know it exists. It wasn't on any of the man pages I looked at on the net and I don't have my Ubuntu box with me :( I’m here because I want to do exactly this and I have already tried rsync. The source files are on a samba share and rsync can’t see them. Well, actually, it can see them, it builds the copy list fine, but when it goes to get them it hits a “file has vanished” error for every single file. I think this might be a unicode issue, the files are written to the samba share by iTunes from a Mac, but I can’t fiddle with the code page because the share is on a dumb NAS device. I’m left with cp and this trick to not overwrite files…

… or -n now I know it exists. It wasn’t on any of the man pages I looked at on the net and I don’t have my Ubuntu box with me :(

]]> By: m0j0 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-17620 m0j0 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:04:58 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=545#comment-17620 rsync is great, but if it's not installed, that's a problem, and it's not a given that it'll be installed wherever I find myself today. It's also not usually the case that I'm given free reign to install anything. In addition, rsync's flags have never cemented themselves in my brain very well. I have to use the man page to do even really trivial things with rsync. I know. I'm a dunce with rsync. rsync is great, but if it’s not installed, that’s a problem, and it’s not a given that it’ll be installed wherever I find myself today. It’s also not usually the case that I’m given free reign to install anything. In addition, rsync’s flags have never cemented themselves in my brain very well. I have to use the man page to do even really trivial things with rsync. I know. I’m a dunce with rsync.

]]> By: Saint Aardvark http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/06/17/linuxunix-file-copy-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-17619 Saint Aardvark Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:02:13 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=545#comment-17619 I'm with goozbach; this is the sort of thing I usually invoke rsync for. I’m with goozbach; this is the sort of thing I usually invoke rsync for.

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