Re^2: Version control system for the laziest of the lazy

only create a backup if it would be different

I've been wanting a simple "backup every file in my directory if it has changed since the last backup" feature myself, but just haven't gotten to it.

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Re^3: Version control system for the laziest of the lazy by Voronich (Hermit) on Apr 07, 2011 at 16:51 UTC
I was thinking about this over lunch and I realized that to TRULY capture the spirit of this script the right thing would be to de-dupe the backup directory afterwards, perhaps create a second shell script that grabbed MD5s of files in a directory with matching base filenames and removed later ones that matched. Me	[reply]
Re^4: Version control system for the laziest of the lazy by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Apr 07, 2011 at 17:24 UTC
How would you handle deletes? --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^5: Version control system for the laziest of the lazy by Voronich (Hermit) on Apr 07, 2011 at 17:28 UTC
For what I'm planning on using this for... I wouldn't bother. But it wouldn't be tough to sync up based on "base name." Me	[reply]