[ubuntu-za] Copying files

[Bill Cairns]

Am I missing something in Nautilus?

I often use something like:

cp -uR /home/bill/ebooks /media/Andrew/BupBill

to back up a directory. The advantage is that if nothing has changed
between my current ebooks directory and the one on Andrew, there is no
time wasted.

I would like to do the same sort of thing using Nautilus. Copy the
contents of this directory to that directory - but not if the
destination directory contains a file of the same, or older,
modification date. (yes, I could use the CLI, but that often means a
lot of typing).

Nautilus gives me the option to merge directories. But if there is a
duplicate file name I only have the options to Skip (one at a time),
Skip All (and that means ALL), or over-write.

is there a hidden option in Nautilus that uses the cp -u option? Or is
there another GUI interface that has such an option?

Bill