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Could 'rsync' be utilised for what you need ... ?
Kev
On 7/25/05, wolf2k5 <wolf2k5@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I apologize for the OT, but I didn't know any other place to send this
> message to.
>
> I am looking into an automated way to create a 'patch' including
> *only* the modified files, instead of the usual diff output, on Linux
> and Mac OS X.
>
> Let me make an example.
>
> I developed a web application.
>
> The production server is out of my control and the only way to apply
> changes to the web application is to send a tar archive containing
> *only* the modified files to the system administrator.
>
> So, when I need to apply some changes to the web application, I copy
> all the files (preserving the directory structure) to a new directory
> and edit the files.
>
> When I am finished with the modifications, I issue a recursive "diff"
> to get a list of the modified files, e.g.:
>
> # diff -q -r rev0 rev1
> Files rev0/subdir/license.txt and rev1/subdir/license.txt differ
> Files rev0/test.txt and rev1/test.txt differ
>
> Then I manually copy the modified files (preserving the directory
> structure) into a new directory, create a tar archive and send it to
> the system administrator for deployment on production server.
>
> Is there any way to automate the last step of this process (figuring
> out the modified files and putting them in a directory)?
>
> That could be probably done with some piping between diff, awk and cp,
> but I don't have the necessary skills for that.
>
> Is there any script already available?
>
> I know I could use a CSV or Subversion to automate this process (and
> in fact I use it for other projects), but the production server is out
> of my control.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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