john p looney wrote i ve two directories that once upon a time contained the same files now they don t is there a tool to merge the two create a new directory where if the files are the same they aren t changed if they are different the one with the most recent datestamp is used just for the record mc has a nice directory comparison function this is really nice when using the ftp vfs for e g of course if you use something like ftpfs you can use the previously mentioned tools pádraig irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 