[ubuntu-za] Copying files

[Bill Cairns]

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