#!/bin/sh
# (c)2006 Matteo Lucarelli
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# move files and directories tree  even if 
# destination exists, possibly contentens are 
# merged, existing files in destination are 
# overwritten
# usage: movedir SRC DESTDIR
movedir(){
    
    echo "movedir $1 $2"

    [ ! -e $1 ] && echo "$0: first arg doesn't exists" && exit 1
    [ ! -d $2 ] && echo "$0: second arg must be a directory" && exit 1
    
    if [ ! -e $2/`basename $1` ] || [ -f $1 -a -f $2/$1 ] ; then
        echo "mv -f $1 $2"
        mv -f $1 $2
    else
    	for ITEM in $1/* ; do
    		[ $ITEM != "$1/*" ] && movedir $ITEM $2/`basename $1`
    	done
    	rm -rf $1
    fi
}

# this only run the function
movedir $1 $2