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).