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moving multiple files --recursively using BSD
Post 82260 by moxxx68 on Tuesday 30th of August 2005 08:38:44 AM
08-30-2005
moving multiple files --recursively using BSD
i am using a FreeBSD remote account and I have directory that holds a number of
other directories most of which posses *.tgz *.tar.bz2 *.gz files... on a linux system
i would use a find format such as this to locate and mv *.tgz and *.tar.bz2 files
find ./dir -type f -iname "*.t[argz]*[bz2]" -print | xargs mv --target-directory=dir
on bsd this doesn't work since the mv options are slightly differenr than gnu linux..
i used "find ./dir -depth -print | cpio -ov > tree.cpio" and mv the file to a said dir and
extracted the filesystem but i could not find a way to extract just the files using find,
xargs or cpio on the BSD system... what I had to do was ftp the file to my linux system
do all operations and scp the whole directory of extracted files back to the account..
how would i go about extracting just the files using find and xargs or cpio on BSD
without having to go through the rigmarole of ftping back forth between my linux
system and the remote account...
thanx moxxx68
excuse the grievance: i have a small typo that would make difference to anyone looking at
my post;;
find ./dir -type f -iname "*.t[arg]*[bz]2" -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd ./target-dir
without the print0 expression you might get a slightly different result.. unfortunately on some
bsd systems i am pretty sure that it doesn't exist ... i could be wrong though..
other directories most of which posses *.tgz *.tar.bz2 *.gz files... on a linux system
i would use a find format such as this to locate and mv *.tgz and *.tar.bz2 files
find ./dir -type f -iname "*.t[argz]*[bz2]" -print | xargs mv --target-directory=dir
on bsd this doesn't work since the mv options are slightly differenr than gnu linux..
i used "find ./dir -depth -print | cpio -ov > tree.cpio" and mv the file to a said dir and
extracted the filesystem but i could not find a way to extract just the files using find,
xargs or cpio on the BSD system... what I had to do was ftp the file to my linux system
do all operations and scp the whole directory of extracted files back to the account..
how would i go about extracting just the files using find and xargs or cpio on BSD
without having to go through the rigmarole of ftping back forth between my linux
system and the remote account...
thanx moxxx68
excuse the grievance: i have a small typo that would make difference to anyone looking at
my post;;
find ./dir -type f -iname "*.t[arg]*[bz]2" -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd ./target-dir
without the print0 expression you might get a slightly different result.. unfortunately on some
bsd systems i am pretty sure that it doesn't exist ... i could be wrong though..
Last edited by moxxx68; 09-12-2005 at 09:16 AM.. Reason: typo ...
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sysinst
SYSINST(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SYSINST(8) NAME
sysinst -- install or upgrade a NetBSD system SYNOPSIS
sysinst [-D] [-f deffile] [-r releasename] DESCRIPTION
sysinst is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a NetBSD system. It is usually invoked automatically when the system is booted from appropriate installation media. sysinst is usually not present on a NetBSD system that has been fully installed. OPTIONS
-D Switch on debugging. -r releasename Set the releasename if it is different to the one compiled. Currently unused. -f deffile Set a file for definitions other than the defaults. See DEFINITION FILE for its format. DEFINITION FILE
The definition file is used to set several other names and directories to search for. You can specify any of the options in the file. They are stored as: option = value pairs. In this description, REL and MACH are the release and architecture respectively, determined by the image sysinst is used on. option name default value description release REL Release name (also set by -r releasename). machine MACH Machine architecture xfer dir /usr/INSTALL Transfer dir ext dir Extract dir (will usually be set later on) ftp host ftp.NetBSD.org ftp host for fetching files ftp dir pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL ftp directory for fetching files ftp prefix /MACH/binary/sets directory to look for sets. Note that this is used for all kinds of fetching (CDs, local FS, ...), not only ftp. ftp user ftp ftp user for connecting ftp pass - ftp password ftp proxy - ftp proxy nfs host - nfs host for fetching via nfs nfs dir /bsd/release nfs directory for fetching files cd dev cd0a name of the CD device for fetching files fd dev /dev/fd0a name of floppy for fetching files local dev - Other device to be mounted for fetching files local fs ffs FS-type for local dev local dir release Directory to look for in the mounted local fs targetroot mount /targetroot Directory to mount target root dir to dist postfix .tgz Suffix of set files to be extracted diskname mydisk disktab(5) diskname to use for target disk SEE ALSO
release(7), afterboot(8), boot(8), diskless(8) <machine>/INSTALL.* files on CD-ROM installation media .../NetBSD-<rel>/<machine>/INSTALL.* files in NetBSD releases or snapshots. HISTORY
A sysinst command appeared in NetBSD 1.3. BSD
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