2011/11/29 Jonathan Steel <[email protected]>
> Hi,
>
> I was told it was best practice to use "install" rather than "mkdir"
> and "cp" in a PKGBUILD, but how can you copy a directory and its
> contents (recursively) using "install"?
>
> If you cannot, with a folder with lots of files, is it best practice
> to list every file to copy with "install", or use one command to "cp"
> the whole folder?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
I used to combine find and install together to accomplish that.
For example:
find . -type d -exec install -d {,${pkgdir}/opt/xmail/}{} \;
find . -type f -exec install -D -m 644 {,${pkgdir}/opt/xmail/}{} \;
