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# 1  
Old 03-24-2011
Question Copy one folder to multiple directories
Hello,

I have a small question and i hope someone can help me, if i have 200 domains directories in my server under this directory
Quote:
/var/www/
something like
Quote:
/var/www/domain1.com
/var/www/domain2.com
/var/www/domain3.com
/var/www/domain4.com
/var/www/domain5.com
/var/www/domain6.com
now how i can copy one folder i have to this directories?

Thank You
# 2  
Old 03-24-2011
Best bet is to tar up your directory to a file

Code:
tar cvf /path/to/mydir.tar  ./mydir

Then extract the tar into each domain directory:
Code:
for dir in /var/www/domain*
do
     cd $dir
     printf "Extracting to $dir.."
     tar xf /path/to/mydir.tar
     echo
done

# 3  
Old 03-24-2011
Question
Thank you Chubler_XL for replay
I can do that in one job for all domains? not per each domain.
# 4  
Old 03-24-2011
Code:
cd /var/www
find . -type d -a -name "domain*" | xargs -i cp /path/to/your/file/foo.txt {}

this will cp the foo.txt to all subdirs.
# 5  
Old 03-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by GamGom
Thank you Chubler_XL for replay
I can do that in one job for all domains? not per each domain.
The script I posted will do it for all domains (perhaps I should have worded my post more carefully).

If you tar up your directory and type the script as it is above and hit enter you will see:

Code:
$ for dir in /var/www/domain*
>do
>    cd $dir
>    printf "Extracting to $dir.."
>    tar xf /path/to/mydir.tar
>    echo
>done
Extracting to /var/www/domain1.com...
Extracting to /var/www/domain2.com...
Extracting to /var/www/domain3.com...
Extracting to /var/www/domain4.com...
Extracting to /var/www/domain5.com...
Extracting to /var/www/domain6.com...
... and so on ...

[code]
# 6  
Old 03-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by GamGom
Hello,

I have a small question and i hope someone can help me, if i have 200 domains directories in my server under this directory
something like
now how i can copy one folder i have to this directories?

Thank You

This is very small and interesting one .
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