copy files with directory structure - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

adddy · #1 (**permalink**) 12-11-2006

i have a text file as.

/database/sp/NTR_Update_Imsi_List.sql
/database/sp/NTR_Update_Imsi_Range_List.sql
/database/sp/NTR_Vlr_Upload.sql
/database/tables/StatsTables.sql
/mib/ntr.mib
/mib/ntr.v2.mib
/scripts/operations/ntr/IMSITracer.ph
/scripts/operations/ntr/IMSITracer.pl
/scripts/operations/ntr/NTIMSIRangeUpload.pl
/scripts/operations/ntr/NTRBatchUploadIMSI.pl

i want to copy all this files with their directory structures into home directory
plz help.

anbu23 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2006

I found this tip in bash guide

Code:

( cd /dir1/dir2 && tar cf - . ) | ( cd / && tar xpvf - )

adddy · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2006

name of my file is aadd.sh.
i useur command as

mkdir -p $1/$2
cat aadd.sh|( cd $1/$2 && tar cf - . ) | ( cd / && tar xpvf - )

were $1=ntt
n $2=rss

but its not working

anbu23 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-11-2006

I didn't read your requirement properly.

Code:

while read pth
do
    dr=`dirname $pth`
    if [ -d "homedir/$dr" ]
    then
       mkdir -p "homedir/$dr"
    fi
    cp $pth "homedir/$dr"
done < aadd.sh

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