>>> I think I have a good idea to improve the functionality of cp
command.
>>> Sometimes I and my colleagues ( UNIX admins ) have to copy of
>>> directory structure.
>Just the directory structure? Not the files in it?
Thats right. Just the directory structure.
>> No, since the GNU GPL prohibits you from doing any changes, looking
at
>> the source code, distributing those changes... Whoops, wrong world!
>> Yes you can do those changes since it is Free Software.
>:-)
I've used GNU programs for years. Now I'd like to give something from
myself. When I wrote "May I?" I meant "I'd like to by a fileutils
developer. I'd like to halp you.". It's my first call and I don't know
you are closed group or not.
>'cp -a' is my best friend. But if the OP wanted just the directories
then I think the find|awk was
> pretty good. But I think I can improve it using xargs.
> find . -type d -print0 | (cd new_dir ; xargs -0i mkdir -p {})
Thanks. You are right. Now it looks better.
>I just can't see that being a very common activity.
I need this feature when I have to create copy of aplication environment
( for test, development ). It's pretty common activity for me. Now I can
find just this one example, but I think live will give much more.
/Marek
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