How to make an exact copy of folder A into folder B? I would like to avoid using checksums, because there are tens of thousands of files and it'd make the process too slow. How to list files that exist in both folders but have different timestamps or sizes? The ones that have been modified in folder A since last synronization. How to list files that exist only in folder B?
Nothing is directly saved or modified by the user in folder B. I would be grateful if you could tell me how to do the following tasks on the command line I have studied diff and rsync, but I still need some help.įolder A is the place where regular files and folders are saved and folder B is a backup folder that serves as a complete mirror of folder A.
Having migrated to Linux from Windows, I would like to find an alternative software to Winmerge or rather learn command line tools to compare and sync two folders on Linux.
