Rajeev R. Veedu wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Huff > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:34 PM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Copying files from specific date. > > > On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Rajeev R. Veedu wrote: > > Does anyone aware of any utility to copy files which are created > > or modify form a specific date ?. > > > > > > to copy all files in /dir1 modified within the last 5 days to > > > /dir2: > > > > $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 | xargs -I {} cp {} /dir2 > > > > if the filenames have whitespace in them, you can use this trick: > > > > $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} cp {} /dir2 > > > > for more details on selecting by time: > > > > $ man find > > > > pay particular attention to the options -atime, -amin, -ctime, > > > -cmin, -mtime, -mmin, and -daystart. > > > > -steve > > Actually I need to copy this on to another server with same folder > structure. I think I need to explain bit of history. > > I had a server crash last week, and we have restored the files from > the tape. However during this period of making the server up, the > users having adding or changed files from our backup Server (Samba > server which rsync to production server every night.) now I need to > copy the files which user added/ modify last 7 days. Ideally if I can > get this option in rsync it would be better. Otherwise I need to have > a method so that all changed files to go on the relevant folder on > the production server. I cannot take the full files in the backup > files since they are historical backup and there are some unwanted > files. > > Can I use scp instead of cp in your statement?. But how does it take > the same directory name as the original location? > > Eg:from ServerA/FLDR2/FLDR3/Filename should go to > ServerB/FLDR2/FLDR3/FILENAME > > Only change is the server name all other values will remain same. > > Any help would be really appreciated. One approach would be to use the find command given above to generate a list of files that have changed. Then pass that list to rsync via the '--files-from' option to transfer them to the other server. -- Bowie