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Re: Symlink farming to keep a list of new data



on Wed, Feb 20, 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson (baloo@ursine.dyndns.org) wrote:
> Is there a script in existance that would search for changes among a
> tree structure, symlink all the new files, and removes any old symlinks?
> The idea here is to get a listing of all the new files in the last n
> days and keep it up to date in some directory off to the side.

Not that I'm aware, but:

  - Create a directory for today's current links.
  - Fill it with the directory tree involved.
  - Create appropriate links.
  - Link the current link directory to the tree for today (forced link).

Peace.

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