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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting cp -Rp excluding certain files? Post 302356423 by methyl on Friday 25th of September 2009 12:36:35 PM
Old 09-25-2009
It always helps to know what Operating System and shell you are using.
In this case a sample source and destination directory tree would help.
If we assume that the trees do not overlap, the task becomes much easier:
e.g.
/parent/source_tree
/parent/destination_tree
then I'd be inclined to use a combination of "find" and "cpio -pdum" rather than just "cp". See the "man" pages for both "find" and "cpio" for examples. There is much variation across unix and Linux of the exact syntax.

It looks easier to run two separate copies:
1) All files except any ".lproj" .
2) "English.lproj" and "en.lproj" .

As with all bulk file operations rehearse your script on a test tree before mentioning live files. Test thoroughly.
Last edited by methyl; 09-25-2009 at 01:39 PM.. Reason: typos and layout
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

cpio.h

cpio.h(3HEAD)                                                         Headers                                                        cpio.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       cpio.h, cpio - cpio archive values

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cpio.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Values needed by the c_mode field of the cpio archive format are described as follows:

       Name              Description
       C_IRUSR           Read by owner
       C_IWUSR           Write by owner
       C_IXUSR           Execute by owner
       C_IRGRP           Read by group
       C_IWGRP           Write by group
       C_IXGRP           Execute by group
       C_IROTH           Read by others
       C_IWOTH           Write by others
       C_IXOTH           Execute by others
       C_ISUID           Set user ID
       C_ISGID           Set group ID
       C_ISVTX           On directories, restricted deletion flag
       C_ISDIR           Directory
       C_ISFIFO          FIFO
       C_ISREG           Regular file
       C_ISBLK           Block special
       C_ISCHR           Character special
       C_ISCTG           Reserved
       C_ISLNK           Symbolic link
       C_ISSOCK          Socket

       The header defines the symbolic constant:

       MAGIC         "070707"

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Standard                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pax(1), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                      cpio.h(3HEAD)
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