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Asked: 2012-10-17 16:11:40 +0800 CST

Is there a way for tar to check for new files not in an archive?

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Is there a way to for the tar command to check for new files that are not already in the archive, or those that have been deleted (for good measure)?

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    You could use tar -d to see if local filesystem files are different or missing.

    To add new files, just use tar -u to add only files newer than the copy in the archive.

    tar -cvf /tmp/backup.tar /home # adds all files
echo Hello > /home/newfile.txt
tar -uvf /tmp/backup.tar /home # adds only newfile.txt
rm /home/newfile.txt
tar -df /tmp/backup.tar /home # gives an error about newfile.txt missing
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