Cheers, looks like just what i'm after, however I am getting a syntax error on line 5 (syntax error at line 5: `mNewPriv=$' unexpected), the only thing I have changed is the find (see below).
I have been through I a couple of time to check what I have typed in
vi matches your solution, and I am sure I have typed it correctly.
Code:
for mNewDir in `find /user/ -type d -name 'accu*.old'`
do
mNewBase=`basename ${mNewDir}`
mNewPriv=${mNewDir}"/private/"
mOldPriv="/user/dotolds/"${mNewBase}".old/private/"
echo "Now copying from "${mOldPriv}" to "${mNewPriv}
#####cp ${mOldPriv} ${mNewPriv}
done
