[xubuntu-users] combining folder contents

[TOM TOM]

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Luna Moon <lunasilvermoon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unionfs but what do you really want.  Unionfs puts all the dirctories in
> one directory to work as one.  Maybe you want to use mount --bind to have
> that directly bind to another.  For example if x is bind to y, when a user
> access y they are accessing x.
> On May 23, 2012 11:41 AM, "Norman Silverstone" <norman at littletank.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On an external HDD I have a folder called myfile, for example. On an
>> internal HDD I have a folder also called myfile. What I want to do is to
>> add the contents of one folder to the contents of the other. What is the
>> best way to do this, please.
>>
>> Norman
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It's not clear what you want Norman. Do you mean to move or copy the
contents from one folder to the other without overwriting the same files?
Or do you mean to do this like Luna suggests. Please explain.
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