Re: RE : Search for file / Check file properties

How about rsync?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
> [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Charles Melice
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:47 AM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] RE : Search for file / Check file properties
>
> Hi Roger,
>
> You know probably that the XCOPY.EXE command line do that for free...
>
> Charles
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com]
> De la part de
> Roger Levy
> Envoyé : jeudi 7 août 2008 16:55
> À : sftalk_at_forth.com
> Objet : [sftalk] Search for file / Check file properties
>
>
> Hi All,
> I wanted to implement an automatic resource-update facility,
> but I'm not
> sure how to do it in SwiftForth, or where to find out.
>
> I would like to be able to search for a file in a source
> directory and see
> if we need to copy it to a target directory.
>
> If the source file is found,
>
> 1. If it doesn't exist in the target directory, copy it and exit.
>
> 2. If it exists in the target directory and the source file
> is newer than
> the target file, copy it and exit.
>
> 3. Else do nothing and exit.
>
>
> Mostly I was just wondering what are the commands to use to
> 1.) find a file
> in a directory and 2.) check its Last Modified attribute.
>
> Roger
>
>
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