05-25-2007
find command with prune help
I have a directory named https-abcd
Under that I have some directories, files and links.
One of those directories is with name logs and the logs directory has lot of files in it.
I need to tar the whole https-abcd directory excluding the logs directory only, I should get all the links, files and directories in the tar.
I am trying this command
pwd
/fs1/links/https-abcd
find . \( ! -name "logs" \) -type f -exec cp {} /destination/directory \;
But this is not working for the copy atleast. Could any one help me out please
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pwd(3tcl) Tcl Built-In Commands pwd(3tcl)
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NAME
pwd - Return the absolute path of the current working directory
SYNOPSIS
pwd
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DESCRIPTION
Returns the absolute path name of the current working directory.
EXAMPLE
Sometimes it is useful to change to a known directory when running some external command using exec, but it is important to keep the appli-
cation usually running in the directory that it was started in (unless the user specifies otherwise) since that minimizes user confusion.
The way to do this is to save the current directory while the external command is being run:
set tarFile [file normalize somefile.tar]
set savedDir [pwd]
cd /tmp
exec tar -xf $tarFile
cd $savedDir
SEE ALSO
file(3tcl), cd(3tcl), glob(3tcl), filename(3tcl)
KEYWORDS
working directory
Tcl pwd(3tcl)