True, but it doesn't sort by date, which is what the OP wanted: to copy the
files from newest to oldest, not just all the files newer than a date,
until the disk was full.
A combo of `ls` and `sort` to get the files on disk sorted by date
(created/modified/accessed, your choice) into a file, then
Peter Beckman writes:
> find doesn't have any sorting.
Maybe not, but find does have "-newer", which do what the OP actually
wants with the assistance of an appropriate timestamp file.
I feel like `ls` or `find` and some creative sorting after the fact would
do it.
ls -laRrt sort of works, but it doesn't output subdirectory files in order.
find doesn't have any sorting.
You could use the `ls` flag `-D format`:
When printing in the long (-l) format, use format to form
o remove leading paths on target
done
There are advantages and disadvantages to each.
>
> From: Andrea Venturoli
> Sent: Wed Apr 27 09:47:40 CEST 2022
> To:
> Subject: Fill a disk with more recent files
>
>
>
> Hello.
>
> Supp
On 4/27/22 18:29, Guido Falsi wrote:
net/unison has options to check same named files and keep the most
recent one
Thanks, but this is not what I need.
I mean, unless I understood wrong, unison will intelligently copy
everything, as rsync does.
I only need a partial copy (up to a space full
On 4/27/22 17:11, Chris wrote:
On 2022-04-27 00:47, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
Hello.
Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
I need to copy as much as I can from source to target and I want the
most recent files.
Before I start scripting and reinvent the wheel, i
On 2022-04-27 00:47, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
Hello.
Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
I need to copy as much as I can from source to target and I want the most
recent files.
Before I start scripting and reinvent the wheel, is there some tool already?
If I'm
On 4/27/22 11:50, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
If you want to enforce particular sort order you will have to call
rsync from another tool. Probably ls / find, sort, then rsync, maybe a
dedicated Python script.
Sure, this was what I was thinking.
I just wanted to avoid doing this if it already existed.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 10:09 AM Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> On 4/27/22 09:51, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:48 AM Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> >> Hello.
> >> Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
> >> I need to copy as much as I can from source to tar
On 4/27/22 09:51, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:48 AM Andrea Venturoli wrote:
Hello.
Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
I need to copy as much as I can from source to target and I want the
most recent files.
Before I start scripting and reinven
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:48 AM Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
> Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
> I need to copy as much as I can from source to target and I want the
> most recent files.
> Before I start scripting and reinvent the wheel, is there some tool
Hello.
Suppose I have a large storage of files and a smaller disk (backup).
I need to copy as much as I can from source to target and I want the
most recent files.
Before I start scripting and reinvent the wheel, is there some tool already?
bye & Thanks
av.
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