rclone/cmd/copyto/copyto.go
Justin Hellings 359648e002
docs: Removed ambiguity from copy command docs
Switched from talking about "unchanged" files to "identical" files.

I found out the hard way that the rclone copy will overwrite newer files.
Looking at posts in the rclone forum, this is a common experience.

The docs for copy have referred to "unchanged" files.
This is ambiguous because it intuitively introduces a sense
of chronology, but chronology is irrelevant.
Rclone only "cares" about difference, not change.
2021-08-19 16:34:57 +01:00

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package copyto
import (
"context"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/operations"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/sync"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)
func init() {
cmd.Root.AddCommand(commandDefinition)
}
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "copyto source:path dest:path",
Short: `Copy files from source to dest, skipping identical files.`,
Long: `
If source:path is a file or directory then it copies it to a file or
directory named dest:path.
This can be used to upload single files to other than their current
name. If the source is a directory then it acts exactly like the copy
command.
So
rclone copyto src dst
where src and dst are rclone paths, either remote:path or
/path/to/local or C:\windows\path\if\on\windows.
This will:
if src is file
copy it to dst, overwriting an existing file if it exists
if src is directory
copy it to dst, overwriting existing files if they exist
see copy command for full details
This doesn't transfer files that are identical on src and dst, testing
by size and modification time or MD5SUM. It doesn't delete files from
the destination.
**Note**: Use the ` + "`-P`" + `/` + "`--progress`" + ` flag to view real-time transfer statistics
`,
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
fsrc, srcFileName, fdst, dstFileName := cmd.NewFsSrcDstFiles(args)
cmd.Run(true, true, command, func() error {
if srcFileName == "" {
return sync.CopyDir(context.Background(), fdst, fsrc, false)
}
return operations.CopyFile(context.Background(), fdst, fsrc, dstFileName, srcFileName)
})
},
}