Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 15:02:55 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Equivalence to cp -Ru : update Message-ID: <20131207150255.0faaa4d5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <67426.70063.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <20131206195618.899fe8b4e89177f1bd331344@gmail.com> <20131206222407.8468245b.freebsd@edvax.de> <67426.70063.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:10:27 +0000 (UTC), Thomas Mueller wrote: > I find cpdup in FreeBSD ports but not NetBSD pkgsrc. > > I just found a reason why rsync might be preferable, just in the > past few hours, [...] It's no problem to prefer rsync over cpdup; rsync is much more portable (present on _many_ systems), so if you're searching for a method to achieve the same result by applying the same command on different systems, go with rsync. If you're just searching for a --update equivalent for Linux's cp, you can use cpdup _on FreeBSD_, as it is a very good program and can be used to construct many kinds of backup solutions. But as I said, rsync also can do this. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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