copy file if file size differs

[MuffinFlavored]

I have files in /src/ that I copied to /dst/
I encountered some I/O errors. All of the files from /src/ exist in /dst/, but they are not 100% exact copies. (some data is missing in the files in /dst/)

cp -u /src/ /dst/ only moves files from /src/ to /dst/ if A. the files does not exist in /dst/ or B. the file in /src/ is "newer" (involving time stamp) than the existing file in /dst/

How can I move all of the files (and directories containing files) from /src/ (recursively) to /dst/ if the file size of the file in /dst/ differs from the file in /src/?

[markcole]

Why not just recopy them regardless?

Other than that, I think you would need to make a script to compare sizes and then cp based on that. IIRC, there isn't a way to check size using "cp"

[MuffinFlavored]

Why not just recopy them regardless?

Other than that, I think you would need to make a script to compare sizes and then cp based on that. IIRC, there isn't a way to check size using "cp"

Because it took me about 4 hours to copy all of the data. I copied the data from a FTP server wirelessly to a USB storage device and I only have USB 1.0 ports.

How can I compare file sizes? du?

[lomcevak]

You probably could use rsync.

[markcole]

Because it took me about 4 hours to copy all of the data. I copied the data from a FTP server wirelessly to a USB storage device and I only have USB 1.0 ports.

How can I compare file sizes? du?

ls -l filename | awk '{print $5}'

[MuffinFlavored]

ls -l filename | awk '{print $5}'

I think I am looking at a complicated bash script here.

I can't even explain it.

Recursively list all files and their file sizes, compare to recursively listed files of another directory and their file sizes, if different, copy?

[markcole]

You probably could use rsync.

I think I am looking at a complicated bash script here.

I can't even explain it.

Recursively list all files and their file sizes, compare to recursively listed files of another directory and their file sizes, if different, copy?

You should actually follow lomcevak's advise and look at rsync. You can specify size only updates.