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Question find & copy files with absolute path
hi all,
can i get script find file & copy that file with path
for an example
sourse : /home/abc/
destination : /home/backup/
files which need to find : tmp*
copy these files with its absolute path inside
like :- /home/abc/x/y/z/tmp.txt to /home/backup/date/x/y/z/tmp.txt

thanks in advance
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The customary tool for this would be tar.

Code:
cd /home/abc
test -d /home/backup/date || mkdir /home/backup/date
find -type f -name 'tmp*' -print |
tar cf - |
( cd /home/backup/date ; tar xf - )
You usually want to run this as root in order to preserve permissions etc.

rsync is also nice and efficient if you have that.
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The customary tool for this would be tar.

Code:
cd /home/abc
test -d /home/backup/date || mkdir /home/backup/date
find -type f -name 'tmp*' -print |
tar cf - |
( cd /home/backup/date ; tar xf - )
You usually want to run this as root in order to preserve permissions etc.

rsync is also nice and efficient if you have that.


thanks for reply
hey can we do this using cp command.
i tried like this but it prints error
test=$(find /home/user/ -name test* -print0)
for i in $test; do cp -a $i /home/user/tmp/; done

whts wrong in my script
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thanks for reply
hey can we do this using cp command.
i tried like this but it prints error
test=$(find /home/user/ -name test* -print0)
for i in $test; do cp -a $i /home/user/tmp/; done

whts wrong in my script
please help me ASAP.
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It is not clear that cp is the right tool for what you are trying to do.
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You can try it with find and cpio, something like:

Code:
cd /home/abc
find tmp* -print | cpio -pvdmu /home/backup
Check the manpages for the used options.

Regards
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You can try it with find and cpio, something like:

Code:
cd /home/abc
find tmp* -print | cpio -pvdmu /home/backup
Check the manpages for the used options.

Regards
thanks for reply
this script create folder named as "tmp" in tmp folder it does not find & copy files starts with "tmp*"


what i want script search the file "tmp" in abc & its subfolder & copy to destination
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