Because there is much variation in unix and Linux commands, please post:
Operating System and version.
What Shell you use.
The generic answer to this question is to use "find" piped to "cpio -p" with more local parameters. See "man find" AND "man cpio".
The normal method is to copy the tree to the target, verify the copy, then delete the source files.
The system I'm using is a Qnap nas so i'm not exactly sure of the exact os. I can also perform any command needed from an Ubuntu 10.10 server which has the folders mounted
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Originally Posted by ctsgnb
I am sure there may be some more elegant way to do it but something like this should do the job
Hi thanks for the help. When i try this in Ubuntu server 10.10:
i get a "mv: unable to rename no such file or directory" error for each file piped from find. Also after i run the above the directory i was working in has new empty folders for each word in any of the original directories titles. e.g if i had a folder
i end up with the following folders
Maybe this is because there is spaces in the directory names?
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