Re: how to copy files without directories
Corrected by original poster - to copy directories without files, try this: % cd /source/dir % find . -type d -depth -print | pax -rwd -pe /dest/dir Permissions and modification times should be preserved. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company A codicil of lawyers--collective nouns, June 1999 LINGUIST ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy directories without files (was "How to copy files without directories")
Hello, Ahh... I am sorry. Wrong subject. I want to copy directories without files they contain. see mtree(8) Something like $ mtree -dc -p path1 | mtree -U -p path2 will copy path1 under path2 Excellent! Thank you so much! Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
2009/4/20 Patrick Lamaizière > Le Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:24:42 +0200, > "Zbigniew Szalbot" : > > > Ahh... I am sorry. Wrong subject. I want to copy directories without > > files they contain. > > see mtree(8) > Something like > $ mtree -dc -p path1 | mtree -U -p path2 Wow!! Looks brilliant. Several hidden swissknifes (yea, not knives)! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
Le Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:24:42 +0200, "Zbigniew Szalbot" : > Ahh... I am sorry. Wrong subject. I want to copy directories without > files they contain. see mtree(8) Something like $ mtree -dc -p path1 | mtree -U -p path2 will copy path1 under path2 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
2009/4/20 Zbigniew Szalbot > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:22:38 +0200, Fernando ApesteguĂa < > fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/20/09, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I have read the cp manual and I cannot find an option how to copy >>> directories without files they contain. Is this possible? >>> >> >> Maybe I read it wrong, but the subject and the paragraph above say two >> different things. >> > > Ahh... I am sorry. Wrong subject. I want to copy directories without files > they contain. For a directory tree, try my dose of medicine. I think it can work. It wont set your system on fire if it doesn't:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > I have read the cp manual and I cannot find an option how to copy > directories without files they contain. Is this possible? > Thank you very much! I don't get your requirement. You'd like to copy empty directories from where to where? Is it a directory tree or just leaves (TM, patented by me)? (Leaves are at the same level,, below the branches, while trees contain branches. Wildly imagining..from a tree... or branches.. for d in `find /source/path/ -type d`; do mkdir -p /some/path/$d; done (Untested). -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:22:38 +0200, Fernando ApesteguĂa wrote: On 4/20/09, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Dear all, I have read the cp manual and I cannot find an option how to copy directories without files they contain. Is this possible? Maybe I read it wrong, but the subject and the paragraph above say two different things. Ahh... I am sorry. Wrong subject. I want to copy directories without files they contain. Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how to copy files without directories
On 4/20/09, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > I have read the cp manual and I cannot find an option how to copy > directories without files they contain. Is this possible? Maybe I read it wrong, but the subject and the paragraph above say two different things. > Thank you very much! > > Zbigniew Szalbot > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
how to copy files without directories
Dear all, I have read the cp manual and I cannot find an option how to copy directories without files they contain. Is this possible? Thank you very much! Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
