rsync

[Asheville Joe]

I just fixed my login problem by using rsync to recover files that were 
lost from /usr/bin.  In the process, I ran into a little problem.  I had 
restored /usr/bin from a dump onto another drive.  Then, I wanted to do 
an rsync that would just restore newer files *and* missing files.  I ran 
rsync with the -u flag which I thought would do that, but apparently, it 
only updates existing files.  None of the files I knew were missing were 
copied.  How do I get around this?  What I ended up doing, was to back 
up /usr/bin before doing anything, then I did an rsync without the -u 
from the restored files and then another rsync from the "before" 
backup.  It worked, but it's ugly.

Any ideas on how to do this better next time?

Thanks.

Joe

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