#!/usr/bin/perl -w # copy a file if it is both newer and bigger in size # if copying, first rename older file to .orig $src = $ARGV[0]; $dst = $ARGV[1]; # dev,ino,mode,nlink,uid,gid,rdev,size,atime,mtime,ctime,blksize,blocks @srcstat = stat($src); @dststat = stat($dst); $srcsize = $srcstat[7]; $srcmtime = $srcstat[9]; $dstsize = $dststat[7]; $dstmtime = $dststat[9]; # copy if src file is bigger and newer if ($srcsize > $dstsize && $srcmtime > $dstmtime) { print "mv -f $dst $dst.orig\n"; system("mv -f $dst $dst.orig"); print "cp -p $src $dst\n"; system("cp -p $src $dst"); die "cp command failed" if ($? != 0); } # make sure dst file has newer timestamp if ($srcmtime > $dstmtime) { print "touch $dst\n"; system("touch $dst"); } exit(0);