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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copy single file to multiple directories Post 302144833 by fpmurphy on Saturday 10th of November 2007 11:49:39 AM
Old 11-10-2007
Create a file (dirfile) containing a list of the directories you want to copy to, one per line
and then use a simple shell script to batch copy the file i.e.

#! /bin/sh
while read DIR
do
cp file $DIR
done < dirlist
 

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   Operation modes:
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	      just output the list of files in the package

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       --srcdir DIR
	      look for non-built files in directory DIR

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