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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Move files & folder structure Post 302448702 by SOCLA_CELT on Thursday 26th of August 2010 06:47:07 PM
Old 08-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
Code:
# cp -a /home/temp/test/ /home/temp/work/ /home/temp/complete/

a --archive mode so means dpR

d-> not follow symbolic links
p-> preserve (mode,ownership,timestamps)
R-> copy directories recursively
I don't think I was very clear, this works fine, in that the entire file structure is copied form /temp/test to /temp/work, but then how do I only delete the files in /temp/test without deleting the folder structure. There may be additional files copied into /temp/test before the copy is completed, that's why I would like to move & not copy the files, but I want the folder structure to remain in /temp/test.

---------- Post updated at 03:47 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:15 PM ----------

I found a solution to my problem,
Code:
ls /home/temp/test | xargs -I {} -t mkdir -p /home/temp/work/{}

TEMP_LIST=/home/temp/test.lst
find /test/* -type f > ${TEMP_LIST}

      if [ -r $TEMP_LIST ]; then
         while read org_file; do
            mv /home/temp/test/$org_file /home/temp/work/$org_file
         done < $TEMP_LIST 
      fi
      
cp -r /home/temp/work/ /home/temp/complete/

Thanks for the help Smilie

Last edited by Franklin52; 08-27-2010 at 03:21 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you!
 

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SYNOPSIS
resource tmpfile (void ) DESCRIPTION
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