Re: Selective updating

On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 09:07:00PM +1100, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> I have a problem updating phpGedView 
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpgedview/)
> 
> The program is very large with several subdirectories.  Many files do not 
> change between versions, but even if I use cp -u to update my local copy, 
> sitecopy wants to upload the whole thing.  I notice that ncftp seems to make 
> up its own mind and upload only what is really new.
> 
> Am I using a wrong command locally, or would I be better to use ncftp for 
> program upgrades, and retain sitecopy for data upgrades, which affect only 
> 1/2 dozen files at most?

You can use "state checksum" in the rcfile entry if you have lots of 
files where the timestamp changes regularly but the content does not.  
(I don't know what ncftp does differently, so it's hard to say exactly 
what to do)

Regards,

joe
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