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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copying multiple directories at the same time using Unix Post 60341 by 98_1LE on Saturday 15th of January 2005 12:28:23 AM
Old 01-15-2005
if you want to copy everything under a directory, I use:
Code:
cd /
find directory1 | cpio -pdmv /backup

Annother way to do this is:
Code:
cp -r -f * ../backup/directory1

But I would probably do:
Code:
for dir in directory1 directory2 directory4 directory5
do if [ -d $dir ]
then find $dir | cpio -pdmv /backup
fi
done

 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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