[ubuntu-za] Copying files

[Frans de waal]

On Mar 7, 2012 8:08 PM, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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None that I 'm aware of... would be nice though something  like super
copier.
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