Re: LUG: seeking elegant solution - Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:59:54 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: seeking elegant solution

From : Alex Jones <starfoxx139@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:59:54 -0500

Do you mean from directory 2 to directory 1, or is your intent to keep
the oldest copies of the images?
On 11/16/2011 7:56 PM, Aaron Oakes wrote:
> I have what I think should be a pretty easy problem to solve.
>
> In directory 1 are files 1,2,3,4,5.
> Directory 2 contains files 2 and 4.
>
> All the files are jpeg images and the files in directory 2 have been
> modified more recently than those in directory 1. I want to copy
> files 2 and 4 from directory 1 to directory 2.
>
> Based on my limited past experience with linux I have a hunch that
> there is a very elegant and efficient way to accomplish this task.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
>