> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:06:36 +0930
> From: Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:55:34AM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote:
> > I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> > directories and move them into another set of
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Tim Peters thusly...
>
> # pax -rw /source /destination
>
> probably because it's not very portable - i only see pax(1) on
> freebsd machines here.
fwiw, i noticed pax on IBM OS/390; it's also available from att
research -- who also brought to you the korns
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:55:34AM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote:
> I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
> another filesystem. Is there an easy script to do this? I dont want to
> overwrite the
Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > tar cf - user1 user2 user3 user4 | ( cd /destination ; tar xpf - )
>
> To avoid starting an extra shell process you can also do:
>
> tar cf - user1 user2 user3 user4 | tar xpf - -C /destination
Or, if you believe the manual which says -C is "probab
> From: Beech Rintoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:55:34 -0800
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
> another filesystem. Is there an easy s
Peter Leftwich wrote:
>
> I have often run into a similar situation. There doesn't seem to be a
> command line or GUI file explorer you can use to "stitch together" source
> directories and subdirectories into the target directory. For example, if
> you have differing files but in the same exa
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-01 14:04:23 -0400:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > tar cf - user1 user2 user3 user4 | ( cd /destination ; tar xpf - )
>
> I really must learn how to use conditional stuff in Unix, such as && and
> parentheses :)
those parens create a subshell, not an
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Oct 01), Beech Rintoul said:
> > I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> > directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
> > another filesystem. Is there an easy script to do this?
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 12:58:38PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Oct 01), Beech Rintoul said:
> > I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> > directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
> > another filesystem. Is there an
In the last episode (Oct 01), Beech Rintoul said:
> I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
> directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
> another filesystem. Is there an easy script to do this? I dont want to
> overwrite the contents of
I'm need to take the contents including dotfiles from about 300 user
directories and move them into another set of identical directories on
another filesystem. Is there an easy script to do this? I dont want to
overwrite the contents of the target directories just add to them.
Both filesystems
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