That's an excellent idea.
-pf
2008/6/9 Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey@xxxxxxx>:
> Rajeev R. Veedu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Huff
>> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:34 PM
>> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Copying files from specific date.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Rajeev R. Veedu wrote:
>> > Does anyone aware of any utility to copy files which are created
>> > or modify form a specific date ?.
>> >
>>
>> > > to copy all files in /dir1 modified within the last 5 days to
>> > > /dir2:
>>
>> > > $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 | xargs -I {} cp {} /dir2
>>
>> > > if the filenames have whitespace in them, you can use this trick:
>>
>> > > $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} cp {} /dir2
>>
>> > > for more details on selecting by time:
>>
>> > > $ man find
>>
>> > > pay particular attention to the options -atime, -amin, -ctime,
>> > > -cmin, -mtime, -mmin, and -daystart.
>>
>> > > -steve
>>
>> Actually I need to copy this on to another server with same folder
>> structure. I think I need to explain bit of history.
>>
>> I had a server crash last week, and we have restored the files from
>> the tape. However during this period of making the server up, the
>> users having adding or changed files from our backup Server (Samba
>> server which rsync to production server every night.) now I need to
>> copy the files which user added/ modify last 7 days. Ideally if I can
>> get this option in rsync it would be better. Otherwise I need to have
>> a method so that all changed files to go on the relevant folder on
>> the production server. I cannot take the full files in the backup
>> files since they are historical backup and there are some unwanted
>> files.
>>
>> Can I use scp instead of cp in your statement?. But how does it take
>> the same directory name as the original location?
>>
>> Eg:from ServerA/FLDR2/FLDR3/Filename should go to
>> ServerB/FLDR2/FLDR3/FILENAME
>>
>> Only change is the server name all other values will remain same.
>>
>> Any help would be really appreciated.
>
> One approach would be to use the find command given above to generate a
> list of files that have changed. Then pass that list to rsync via the
> '--files-from' option to transfer them to the other server.
>
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