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README.md

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+RAD (recursive after date) is a bash script for keeping two big folders in sync, only copying the last changes after a certain date.
+Originally it was created to keep a Nextcloud Twin in sync to a running Nextcloud Instance, for fast recovery.

rad_extract.bash

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# create a backup folder in the data directory where you want to recover files, go into the backup folder, and have dir data in same parent dir
+
+SAVEIFS=$IFS
+IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
+
+find ../data -type f -newermt '1 Feb' -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file
+do
+  dir=`dirname "$file"`
+  #filename=`basename "$file"`
+
+  # dir new without going out two points
+  dir_new=${dir:3}
+
+  mkdir -p "$dir_new" 
+
+  echo "duplicating $file with its directory.." 
+
+  cp -p "$file" "$dir_new"
+  
+  # also touch does the -p option, but better -p
+  #touch -r "$file" "$dir_new/$filename"
+    
+
+done

rad_incect.bash

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cp -r data ../