"Markku A. Mähönen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> So I would like to suggest that 'cp -u' should also check the size of the
> files and do a copy if source is newer, or if destination is missing, or if
> file sizes are different.

A much better way to do what you want is to use rsync, which offers even
more options.

Andreas.

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