You should probably have a look at rsync. use this command: cd $L // go into the remote directory you want to sync print -l **(.) | rsync -av --dry-run --files-from=- $T $L If rsync lists only the lists you want to copy remove the --dry-run option. Create a backup tar archive if you are unsure. On Wednesday 19 May 2010 11:31:06 zzapper wrote: > Hi > when copying files from a test server to a live server eg > > >cp $T/config.php $L > > I only want to do the copy if the file ALREADY exists in the destination > directory > > I guess I can hack a script up to do this but how would you do this?
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