copy a folder overwriting only older files?
- Open a new Folder Comparison document
(Ctrl-M). Set the 2-way Merge mode
(
icon
toggled off)
- Set the left source with the folder path you want to copy
the files from
Set the right source with the target path where you want to
copy the files
- Select the items you want to copy (Ctrl-A to select all
files and folders), right click in the left tree view, and
select Copy...
- The "Generic Copy"
dialog box is displayed.
- Check that the selected action is
"Update".
- Uncheck all actions that do not correspond to your needs.
You probably need to keep only the following ones:
Folder Creations,
File Creations,
Overwriting older files,
Plain text file recognitions and conversions (if you
uncheck it, only binary copies will occur)