Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:48:01 +0200 From: <jan.muenther@nruns.com> To: peo@intersonic.se Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scp+find, a little help please Message-ID: <6445542$10582835003f141fecbae881.58177731@config4.schlund.de>
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Hi there, > Need to set up scp to copy only newer files and directories between two > computers. > > The basic setup is like: > scp -pr user@host1:" host2:/dir > > What would be a suitable "find command" here? Erm, newer than *what*? find needs a file as a comparison parameter to detetermine whether another file is newer than it or not. I assume you mean you want to copy only files from host1 to host2 which exist on both machines, with host1 potentially holding newer versions that should get synchronized to host2. Before you break your neck with (absolutely well possible) scripting solutions, I suggest you have a look at rsync, which uses SSH for transport by default now as well. Or maybe check out rdiff-backup, of which a port has just been submitted (AFAIK) if a backup is what you're after: http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/ Cheers, Jan
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