Can't "quietly" merge folders.

[sheepy]

Each time I try to merge folders, even having "quiet" selected, it asks me if I want to overwrite each file. This is very annoying when I have 4,000 files to copy.
Is there a way I can just make it skip the files that are already there?

[lithpr]

you might want to consider 'cp -fr source target' from the command line in such situations.

[sheepy]

you might want to consider 'cp -fr source target' from the command line in such situations.

Thank you. The -f means force, right? Won't it overwrite the files? How can I make it skip files that are already named the same?

[Béèm]

Type in a console cp --help

[sheepy]

Type in a console cp --help

Thanks cp -nr was apparently what I needed xD

[lithpr]

oic what you mean. Never heard on the -n switch before. cool! I always did something like:

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 for file in a/* ; do [ -e b/$(basename $file) ] || cp $file b ; done

"The More You Know"

[r1tz]

It would be great if this was integrated into the GUI, both -fr and -nr.

The quiet option doesn't seem to work. Or is it just me?

EDIT:quiet --> quiet

[Shel]

Nah, it's not just you.

I was "rescuing" the data from a broken XP installation, using Puppy 4.3.1, and noticed the same thing; even with "quiet" checked in Puppy's copier window, I had to verify each file.

I, too, resorted to the 'cp' command.

-Shel