On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Scott Wiersdorf <sc...@ipartner.net> wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 09:56:34AM +0530, Lokesh Walase wrote: > > In "cp" command, we have "-i" option, which prompts before overwriting. > > I read the man page of "rsync" and didnt find anything like that here. > > > > So I m interested in adding this feature to the "rsync" command. > > I have downloaded the source code of "rsync" but I m confused from where > to > > start and what to read. > > This could turn a large sync into an aborted nightmare; I would > recommend perhaps instead writing a shell script (for example) that > would first do a --dry-run with --itemize-changes, parse that and > present it to the user for confirmation if any file changes are > detected. If the confirmation is given, re-run everything without the > --dry-run, otherwise exit. > Thanks Scott for the suggestion, sounds cool :) Will implement it !! > Scott > -- > Scott Wiersdorf > sc...@ipartner.net > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- Lokesh Walase
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