Another Unix question. How would I copy multiple directories at the same time? Right now I do:
cp -r -f /directory1/ ../backup/directory1/
I do that for each directory one at a time. But there are multiple directories I'd like to copy. So instead of sitting there and doing one at a time, is... (9 Replies)
Can we copy a file to multiple directories using a single command line , i tried with * didnt work for me
cp /tmp/a.kool /tmp/folder/*/keys/
I am tryn to copy a.kool file to all keys folder in /tmp folder. is something i am missing ? (4 Replies)
Hi again All :)
After posting my first thread just a few eeks ago and having such a great response (Thank You once again :) ), I thought I'd perhaps ask the experts again. In short I'm trying to achieve a "find" and "copy" where the find needs to find directories:
find -d -name outbox
and... (6 Replies)
I am writing a simple backup script, but I cannot figure out how to remove directories that are found in a list. For example:
DONT_COPY="
.adobe/
.bin/google-earth
"
tar -zcvf - * --exclude=$DONT_COPY | openssl des3 -salt -k $1 | dd of=$(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz > COPIED
Note that... (4 Replies)
Hello all,
I'm trying to copy all files within a specified directory to another location based on a find filter of mtime -1 (Solaris OS). The issue that I'm having is that in the destination directory, I want to retain the source directory structure while copying over only the files that have... (4 Replies)
Hello !
I have a file structure like this:
1_0/file1.tiff
1_1/file2.tiff
1_2/file3.tiff
1_3/file4.tiff
1_4/file5.tiff
1_5/file6.tiff
1_6/file7.tiff
2_0/file8.tiff
2_1/file9.tiff
2_2/file10.tiff
2_3/file11.tiff
etc.
There is only one file in one directory.
I'd like to have files... (8 Replies)
I want to write a script that copys over a complete folder including the dirs to another
location.
However in the process I want to ignore several filetypse that SHOULD NOT get copied over.
I know Global Ignore is capable of make the copy command ignore one file type, however
I don't know how... (8 Replies)
I have a simple script which copies directory from one place to another and deleting the source .
I am facing a situation when new files gets added when the script has started running. Its resulting in data loss
Please suggest a way to avoid data loss. I googled a lot but most are perl... (11 Replies)
Hi,
I have a requirement where I have to connect to another server and copy directories from one server to another
Directories on the Source server look like below (YYYY-MM-DD- 1 to 23)
drwxr-xr-x 2 test_user dmfmart 422 Sep 1 23:45 2014-09-01-18
drwxr-xr-x 2 test_user dmfmart ... (3 Replies)
guys, i did create a script but its too long, though it function the same.
# cat nightlyscan.sh
#!/usr/ksh
deyt=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
for i in `ls -lrt|grep $deyt|awk '{print $9}'`
do
cp -f $i /S1/Sophos/logger/
done
#
but i did not paste it all.
this is the desired. (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: kenshinhimura
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1) User Commands xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1)NAME
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update - Graphical User Interface for xdg-user-dirs-update.
SYNOPSIS
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
DESCRIPTION
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update is automatically run on login to the GNOME desktop environment to aid in the management of the locale specific XDG
User Directories.
Should the user be starting a session that is using a different locale to that which was used to create the original XDG User Directories,
then the user will be prompted to make a decision on whether to update the XDG User Directories to the new locale or leave them unchanged.
The original locale that was used to create the initial set of XDG User Directories on first login is stored in the file ${XDG_CON-
FIG_HOME}/user-dirs.locale.
Should the user decide to update to the current locale, then xdg-user-dirs-update will be used to perform the desired action.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:
HOME.
Other environment variable that are used are:
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Base directory for storge of XDG configuration files. Defaults to ${HOME}/.config
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
Application to manage updates to user's XDG User Directories
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.locale
Locale used in the initial creation of the current XDG User Directories and what they map to.
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.dirs
Location of the user-specific configuration including the current list of directories and what they map to.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWxdg-user-dirs-gtk |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Uncommitted |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
More information can be found at:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
xdg-user-dirs-update(1), xdg-user-dir(1), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc, 2008
SunOS 5.11 03 Apr 2008 xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1)