[plug] I hate myself :( rm -r gone too far....

[Avril]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:47 pm, Sol wrote:

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> My question is after I unpack etc.tgz, how can I work out the
> differences between the files in the two directories so that I know
> which files need to be replaced?

cp -u ? 

(from man..)
-u, --update
              copy only when the SOURCE file is  newer  than  the
              destination  file  or  when the destination file is
              missing

Cheers,
Avril.
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