On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 11:45:02AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On 12/09/21 6:52 pm, john doe wrote: [...] > >If you are doing this in a script, I would use a temporary directory. > >That way, in case of failure the destination directory is not rongly > >modified. > > > >EG: > > > >$ rsync <src-dir> <tmp-dir> > > > >Make <tmp-dir> the way you want it to be. > > > >$ rsync <tmp-dir> <dest-dir> > > That is true, but firstly it would require more available space [...] This isn't necessary, as you could replace the second `rsync' by a `mv' (provided your temp tree is on the same storage volume as your target dir, that is). Cheers - t
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