Recursive Copy?

[Mike Reinehr]

On Tuesday 08 August 2006 07:47 am, Steve Jardine wrote:
> All,
>
>     I need to copy a group of directories recursively into a single
> directory. I need to make sure that no files overwrite each other. I would
> like to have each duplicate file name appended with a number to make them
> unique.
>
>     Anyone got a utility like this? Or an idea?
>
>     TIA.
>
> 	Steve

Two that come to mind are 'cp' with the '-i' (interactive) or '-u' (update) 
options or 'tar' with the '-k' (keep old files) option. You'll need to read 
the manual entries as there are a zillion options.

HTH

cmr

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