smart copy/update routine

[Ed Wright]

In article <120740 at uunet.UU.NET> rbj at uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim){and which band ?} writes:
%In article <51818 at sequent.UUCP> edw at sequent.UUCP (Ed Wright) writes:
%>In article <1991Jan28.155450.24449 at cec1.wustl.edu> beard at informatics.wustl.edu writes:
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%If Sequent would get hip to 4.3, than Ed would be recommending rdist.
%It maintains exact copies with identical contents/owner/group/mode/dates.
%If you don't have it, it's in our archives. You need sockets to run it.
I could have done that, but how do I know what he running ?
Certainly rdist is fine and a part of Dynix 3.1
I prefered to provide very basic ideas that would work on most flavors
and let him enhance along the way.
Give a man a fish .... teach him to fish ....

%We'll gloss over 'args too long' or whether to use cpio for now.
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Gee Jim, I didn't know BSD supported cpio.
Sounds like youve been spoiled witha dual universe OS   :-)
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%You forgot Control Meta Cokebottle :-)
You're just jealous  :-) :-)

Ed
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