Stephen Harris wrote:
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:27:20PM -0500, Robert Nichols wrote:
for F in *
do cmp "$F" "/new/directory/$F" && touch -r "$F" "/new/directory/$F"
done
That will compare all the files and adjust the timestamp on the files
that are still the same as those on the backup. Note that, despite
the quoting, the script will break if any of the filenames have embedded
whitespace because the "for F in *" will be parsed incorrectly.
Not in a sane shell. Heh, not even in bash :-)
bash-2.05b$ touch "a b"
bash-2.05b$ touch c
bash-2.05b$ touch d
bash-2.05b$ ls
a b c d
bash-2.05b$ for a in *
> do
> echo Result is: $a
> done
Result is: a b
Result is: c
Result is: d
OK. Color me paranoid, or maybe "once burned, twice shy."
--
Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
Do NOT delete it.
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