Compare and move.

[abudhamnhet]

Forgive me if this has already been posted.

I am trying to move large amounts of files from one directory to the next. The destination directory will contain duplicates. Some of the files may have a different name but be in the same directory. So if a directory exists, I want to be able to skip that directory entirely. However, if there is a directory within a directory that does not exist in the destination, I need that directory and its contents moved accordingly. There are also file types I want to skip. I guess a little like a backup script.

Example:

Original dir: /media/hda1/stuff/this/files/thefile

Destination dir: /media/sda1/differentstuff/this/otherdir/otherfile


The script will compare the 'stuff' directory and the 'differentstuff' directory. So I would need it to transfer the 'files' directory and it's contents from the 'stuff' to the 'this' directory in 'differentstuff' without skipping due to it being in the 'this' directory.

I was researching in creating a script using `diff` somehow.

Is this possible? Has this been done? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

C

[tpl]

welcome to the forum

have you investigated "tar"? It will let you skip certain files,
not overwrite certain directories--that's where I'd start.