Linux - Compare two directories

Feb 18, 2009, 04:34 (0 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to Jadu Saikia for this link. ]

"To copy the content of dir1 into dir2 without copying the files that are already exist and are the same, use rsync(faster, flexible replacement for rcp):

"$ rsync -a dir1/ dir2/"

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