Check/compare modtime before deleting?

[Chris]

Thanks Matt.  I'll do some research on unison.

- Chris

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Matt McCutchen <matt at mattmccutchen.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 11:31 -0700, Chris wrote:
>> I need to keep two identical copies of files on my desktop and laptop,
>> so I want to use the -delete option.  But I don't want to delete files
>> that are created after last sync.  Is there a way to keep files with
>> modtime later than a file of a different name (a flag file created
>> before each sync) when using the -delete option?
>
> No.  As soon as you have one side making arbitrary changes that you
> don't want to clobber, you need a stateful change-propagation tool such
> as unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).
>
> --
> Matt
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