09-10-2001
cpio command with compress
Hi friends..
I want to be able to copy a file from one location to another (locally). The location the files are copied to should have compressed instances of the files they were copied from.
copy from /home/user/test.file
copy to /backup/user/test.file.Z
I need to be able to do this with one string of commands.
Can someone please help.
Many Thanks
Suresh
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnomevfs-copy
gnomevfs-copy(1) User Commands gnomevfs-copy(1)
NAME
gnomevfs-copy - copy a file from one VFS location to another
SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-copy [-h] source-URI destination-URI
DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-copy copies a file from one URI location to another, using the virtual file system.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-h Display usage and help information.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
source-URI Specifies the source file location in standard URI format.
destination-URI Specifies the destination file or directory location in standard URI format.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Copying a File From a Web Server to a Local File
example% gnomevfs-copy http://www.sun.com file:///home/user/index.html
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnomevfs-copy Executable to copy a file from one VFS location to another
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 gnomevfs-copy(1)