Copy Compress as one command - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

findprakash · #1 (**permalink**) 10-13-2007

Hi,
I need to copy and compress files in a directory in single line of command. I am able to copy and gzip files in one command but not directory. Command that I am using for copying directory is below :

cp -rp /u01/app/<directory> /u01/app/backup |gzip -r
/u01/app/backup/<directory>

Thanks,
Prakash

porter · #2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2007

something like

Code:

find /source -type f | while read N
do
      mkdir -p /target/`dirname $N`
      compress <$N >/target/$N
done

findprakash · #3 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007

Thanks porter. This is exactly was I was looking for.

findprakash · #4 (**permalink**) 11-23-2007

I used below code as suggested by Porter for compressing and copying directory.

find ${COPY_DIR} -type f | while read N
do
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}/`dirname $N`"
gzip < $N > ${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz
done

However I have some directories which have space in name. I get below error when copying and compressing directories which have sapce in name.

/backup/sidora/iAS/ifs1.1/doc/Quick Tour/Graphics/rtarr.gif.gz: cannot create

Any ideas on how can I take fix above error. Thanks in advance.

matrixmadhan · #5 (**permalink**) 11-23-2007

replace this to

Code:

gzip < $N > ${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz

Code:

gzip < "$N" > "${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz"

findprakash · #6 (**permalink**) 11-24-2007

Thanks for update matrixmadhan. Even though after making suggsted changes I still get same error message. Now my code looks like :

find ${COPY_DIR} -type f | while read N
do
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}/`dirname $N`"
gzip < "$N" > "${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz"
done

Error message

/backup/sidora/iAS/ifs1.1/doc/Quick Tour/Graphics/rtarr.gif.gz: cannot create

matrixmadhan · #7 (**permalink**) 11-24-2007

Just to make sure, do you have enough permissions to create the file in the specified directory ?

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