[ltp] Syncing from TP HDD to USB key

[Andreas Stemmer]

Bob Alexander wrote:
> I would like to perform a bi-directional syncing of the contents of my 
> USB key with a given directory (in which I could be giving the command 
> line command) with the aim of copying files between the key to the hard 
> disk only where NEWER versions of existing files are to be found.
> 
 > (...)
 >
> Any ideas on the simpler but dependable way of doing this ? An 
> interaction for confirmation would be useful especially if squelchable.

Not exactly what you wanted but perhaps a step in the right direction: 
Unison ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/index.html ) has got 
an option for listing the new files first and the changed files 
afterwards (--sortnewfirst)

Andreas