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[krava]

Hi,

I would like to copy all files, let say all that begins with "file*", from ALL subdirectories into the directory with the same structure of subdirectories.

for example :

dir1--+
|
+--subDir1 --+--subSubDir1
|
+-- subSubDir2
-- subDir2
-- subDir3--+--subSubDir1

into

dir2--+
|
+--subDir1 --+--subSubDir1
|
+-- subSubDir2
-- subDir2
-- subDir3--+--subSubDir1

BUT the idea is not to create structure of subdirectories in dir2 in advance.

I started with:

for fl in `find -type f -name "file*" -print`; do
echo $fl;
done

but realised that I have not created subdirectories in dir2 and copying in that case is imposible. How to create the appropriate subdirectories within for-done cycle?

p.

 

[columb]

Try looking at cpio. From the 'man' pages

In copy-pass mode, cpio copies files from one directory tree to
another, combining the copy-out and copy-in steps without actually
using an archive. It reads the list of files to copy from the stan-
dard input; the directory into which it will copy them is given as a
non-option argument.

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Columb Healy

 

[krava]

hmmm ... sounds good but I have no cpio here and I can not install on computer

 

[columb]

Ok, if you don't have cpio then something along the lines of

cd old_dir
find . -name "file.*" | tar -cf /tmp/$$.tar -
cd new_dir
tar -xf /tmp/$$.tar
rm $$.tar

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Columb Healy

 

[PHV]

Which flavor of *nix lacks the cpio command ?

 

[PHV]

Which flavor of *nix lacks the cpio command ?
Perhaps you have tar, haven't you ?
(cd /path/to/dir1; tar -cf - `find . -type f -name 'file*'`) | (cd /path/to/dir2; tar -xf -)

 

[krava]

there is only 1 mashine in office with Windows...but we have cygwin on it

 

[p5wizard]

try cp -r (I think cp can recurse into subdirs on cygwin too)

cd /dir1
cp -r * /dir2

see man page for cp command

man cp


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[feherke]

Hi

If it is CygWin, why you can not install [tt]cpio[/tt] ? Just run cygwin_setup.exe and in the "Cygwin Setup - Select Packages" window at the "Utils" category you can find "cpio: A backup and archiving utility".

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[krava]

no way ... It sais something like 'dasdasdjhjk administrator fsdfsdljlkj'. Everything is in french and I understand It as you understand what I wrote But I gess 'administrator' suggest message like 'you are not a damn administrator so you can not instll anything here hahahaha'....I think this is written

 

[columb]

My copy of Cygwin doesn't have the man pages but

cp --help

shows that

cp -r

is valid

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Columb Healy

 

[p5wizard]

no way ... It sais something like 'dasdasdjhjk administrator fsdfsdljlkj'. Everything is in french and I understand It as you understand what I wrote But I gess 'administrator' suggest message like 'you are not a damn administrator so you can not instll anything here hahahaha'....I think this is written

Well some of the posters here do understand/speak French so you might want to cut and paste the exact message...

In the mean time, why don't you try the recursive copy I suggested earlier.


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[stefanwagner]

cp -r dir1 dir2
find dir2 -not -name "file*" -exec rm {} \;

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[krava]

yes ... copy works fine. thanx