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.
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Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company
A codicil
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
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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. Severa
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
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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 co
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 wh
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
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!
>
> Zb
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
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