You need to shorten your From: line, man! On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:36:39PM +0200 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] seemed to write: > > Hi! > > I have a log file containing /path/to/filenames of all my important configuration > files: > > # cat log.FILES.ninja > > +----- /sys/i386/conf/AEGIS > | > +----- /usr/home/johann/.tcshrc > +----- /usr/home/johann/.fetchmailrc > +----- /usr/home/johann/.gtkrc > +----- /usr/home/johann/.login > +----- /usr/home/johann/.mailcap > +----- /usr/home/johann/.mime.types > +----- /usr/home/johann/.muttrc > +----- /usr/home/johann/.signature > +----- /usr/home/johann/.xinitrc > +----- /usr/home/johann/.lftp/settings > +----- /usr/home/johann/.wine/config > > [the rest continues like that] > > How do I mirror all the files and directories in this file into ~/backup?
If those directory formatting things are really in the file, and you don't have any files with hyphens in their name: # cat log.FILES.ninja | tr -d '+| -' | cpio -p /backup If the directory formatting things aren't in the file: # cat log.FILES.ninja | cpio -p /backup Easy. You just have to know where to look :-) -- Josh > > Thanks! > ==j > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
