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as far as I can tell, none of the file managers can do this. it's either all or nothing. I can also do cp -Ri to recursively copy a directory and choose which files to overwrite. However, I'm talking about thousands of songs I'm copying to an SD card. overwriting is NOT an option due to flash wearing. How should I make it so I can copy every new song without overwriting the old ones?
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From the cp man page:
-n, --no-clobber
do not overwrite an existing file (overrides a previous -i option)
You should also consider using (g)rsync for this.
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Thanks for the recommendation and help
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