If a GUI tool is at all an option then give KDiff a try. <br><br>You can run it against directories then look at each file diff individually and manage the merge operations manually.<br><br>I have used it on SMB mounted remote folders without problem.<br>
<br>HTH,<br><br>Ben <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Gregory Orange <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gregory.orange@gmail.com">gregory.orange@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2009/10/12 Shanon Loughton <<a href="mailto:autobot@iinet.net.au">autobot@iinet.net.au</a>>:<br>
<div class="im">> HI all<br>
> I need to merge two directories, which are fairly large ~4GB each.<br>
> A copy of the original dir (dir2) was taken two weeks from the<br>
> original (dir1) and altered over that time. Need to merge dir2 back<br>
> into dir1. I can find differences with diff or find.<br>
> Some files are newer and *smaller* which are suspect and need to be<br>
> manually analysed, thus either flagged or left alone by the tool.<br>
><br>
> Anyone know a good tool I could use??<br>
<br>
</div>Personally I'd put together a script using find and diff and 'lt'/'gt'<br>
(or whatever the bash/<insert-chosen-shell-or-language> directive is)<br>
to move in newer bigger files, delete identical files, and output a<br>
list of newer smaller files.<br>
<br>
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<font color="#888888">Gregory Orange<br>
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