[ubuntu-za] Copying files

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 08 Mar 2012 19:59:47 SAST, Bill Cairns wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Bruce Pieterse <dev at otq.za.net> wrote:
>> On Thu 08 Mar 2012 10:42:39 SAST, frans wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/03/08 08:26, Bill Cairns wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM, frans<dormakorp at vodamail.co.za>  wrote:
>>>>> On 12/03/08 06:56, Tom Bamford wrote:
>>>>>> On 7 March 2012 20:07, Bill Cairns<cairnsww at gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:cairnsww at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I often use something like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     cp -uR /home/bill/ebooks /media/Andrew/BupBill
>>>>>>
>>>> <cut>
>>>>>> Hi Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know you said you wanted a GUI method, however rsync will do what
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> want with the minimum of typing and fuss:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync -av /home/bill/ebooks/ /media/Andrew/BupBill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you can save this, and other commands, into a shell script
>>>>>> on your
>>>>>> disk called Andrew so that you can invoke it with a double click in
>>>>>> Nautilus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Tom
>>>> Thanks Tom, William and others,
>>>>
>>>> I am not scared of the CLI but it does increase the chances of errors
>>>> because of typing mistakes. The example I gave is a simple one, and I
>>>> would prefer a GUI simply to minimise the typing I have to do. I
>>>> already have my commonly used copy statements stored in scripts, but
>>>> there are often 'once off' requirements where it would be nice to have
>>>> a shortcut.
>>>>
>>>> I will study rsync and its GUI interfaces and give them a try.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>> would still be nice to see it in the default copy handler though it
>>> could not be that much extra coding to do can it?
>>>
>>> One extra option and probably max ten lines of code extra to do the
>>> work? some should be able to do in less.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I have proposed changes to how Nautilus handles duplicate files last
>> year, and you can find it here:
>> https://live.gnome.org/Design/Proposals/FileDuplicates. Would something
>> like this help you? Perhaps, with your permission of course, I can add
>> your feature in to the design proposal?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Bruce
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for your message.
>
> I am not quite sure how your suggestion would solve my problem. (It
> would solve other problems and I am sure that it is a good idea!)
>
> What I am looking for is an option equivalent to the -u in the cp
> command:
>
>  -u, --update
>               copy  only  when  the  SOURCE file is newer than the destination
>               file or when the destination file is missing
>
> Along with the skip, replace etc options.
>
> By all means quote me - the more support the better.
>
> Bill
>



Hi Bill,

Perhaps I should just create a new proposal for this and then add the 
update feature into my proposal. I'll sort it tomorrow!
--
All the best,

Bruce