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Old 09-16-2013
[SOLVED] Copy subfolder to another directory preserving parent name
Hi,

I have the following folder structure:

Code:
Folder6100/Data
Folder6100/Data
Folder6120/Data
Folder6120/Data
Folder6140/Data
Folder6140/Data
Folder6160/Data
Folder6160/Data
Folder6180/Data
Folder6180/Data
Folder6200/Data
Folder6220/Data
Folder6240/Data
Folder6260/Data
Folder6280/Data
Folder6300/Data
Folder6320/Data
Folder6340/Data
Folder6360/Data
Folder6380/Data
Folder6400/Data
Folder6420/Data
Folder6440/Data
Folder6460/Data
Folder6480/Data
Folder6500/Data

I would like to copy all files under
Code:
Folder61[6-8]*/Data Folder63[2-6]*/Data

to an external disk
Code:
"/media/My Disk"

.

Using the following command :
Code:
cp -rpv Folder61[6-8]*/Data Folder63[2-6]*/Data "/media/My Disk"

creates on the external disk the Data folder and copy all the files in this directory.

What command can I use in order to preserve the path?

Desired disk content is:

Code:
Folder6160/Data
Folder6180/Data
Folder6320/Data
Folder6340/Data
Folder6360/Data

I need to copy only Data folder since under FolderXXXX I have some files that don't need to be copied.

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 09-16-2013
Hmm.

Code:
tar -cf - Folder61[6-8]*/Data Folder63[2-6]*/Data | tar -C "/media/My Disk" -xf -

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# 3  
Old 09-16-2013
Thank you for your quick respond.

The command worked very well.
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