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# 1  
Old 05-23-2014
Copying files from various folders to similar folder structure in another location
Hi,

I need to write a script the has to copy the files from folders and subfolders to the same folder structure located in another location.
Ex:

mainfolder1
file1,file2,file3 subfolder1(file1,etc) subfolder2(file1,etc) to another folder location of same folder structure.
rsync is not working
# 2  
Old 05-23-2014
What have you tried
# 3  
Old 05-23-2014
This seems ideal for rsync. Are you getting error from rsync?
Are you trying to only move files that have changed?
More details on what you have done, as SriniShoo has said, would help.
# 4  
Old 05-26-2014
I tried the following
Code:
cp -r /xxx00d10/home/nettest/test2/ /xxx00d10/home/testexp1/test1/


it is copying all the files to the same location..but i want files to be copied to different sub directories with different path

---------- Post updated at 10:37 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:30 AM ----------

i got rsync command not found . i searched for the rsync file in /etc location , it was not found in configuration files.
Last edited by Franklin52; 05-26-2014 at 05:09 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 5  
Old 05-27-2014
Look in either /usr/bin/rsync or /bin/rsync.

Code:
$ which rsync
/usr/bin/rsync

I would use:

Code:
/bin/rsync -av /xxx00d10/home/nettest/test2/* /xxx00d10/home/testexp1/test1

# 6  
Old 05-28-2014
Rsync file is not located in both the places you mentioed.. I am still getting rsync not found command
# 7  
Old 06-10-2014
rsync -av is not overwriting the files in destination
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