[SOLVED] Unzip archive to an existing directory structure

Issue

I'm looking at bringing the content of one WP blog over to another as I will be using WPML to serve regional content instead of multiple sites. So not strictly a WP question, more command line.

This may seem an obvious or stupid question, but if I bring over the other 'uploads' folder as a zip and unzip to the wp-content folder, will the contents merge into the existing folders or overwrite what is already there.

If it's the latter, is there a switch I can append to ensure files are merged?

Thanks in advance, Tom

Solution

When unzip finds a file that already exists in the destination, it will ask you if you want to overwrite it. You can then type y to overwrite it, A to overwrite all files, N if you don't want to overwrite any of them etc.

Example:

$ unzip archive.zip
Archive:  archive.zip
replace foo? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename:

Answered By - dogbane

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)