[X-Unix] Finder FUBARs another 'move'

[Eric F Crist]

OK, so the correct options are -av, so the correct command would be  
the following:

rsync -av <curr_dir> <new_dir> && rm -r <curr_dir>

HTH


Eric



On Dec 8, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Eric F Crist wrote:

> Rsync -v <source> <destination> && rm -r <source>
>
> Check my work on the rsync options, I can't verify from the  
> restaurant. ;)
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> Eric F Crist
> Secure Computing Networks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TjL <luomat at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:40:56
> To:fin at finseth.com,"A place to discuss Mac OS X from the perspective  
> of the command line." <x-unix at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [X-Unix] Finder FUBARs another 'move'
>
>
> On Dec 8, 2007 5:17 PM, Craig A. Finseth <fin at finseth.com> wrote:
>
>>> From your description:
>>
>>        cp -R <source> <target>
>
> That won't remove the files from the source.  I could do
>
>       cp -R  <source> <target> && rm -rf <source>
>
> but that will fail because some of the files already exist, so the rm
> part of the command will not execute.  So I could just run rm -rf
> <source> but that seems rather dangerous to me.
>
> I've got a script that I've been working on.  I've attached it here
> (not sure if the list allows attachments, guess I'll find out).
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> TjL
>
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks