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Move file but keep directory tree

Mike Ehrman — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:39:46 GMT

I am writing a script that searches for files with specific extensions and moves them to another directory.

I'd like to be able to keep the directory tree of the file when the file is in it's new location.

Example: I'd like to move the file stuff.gz from /home/jerry to /var/tmp/home/jerry.

Any suggestions on how to do this within the structure of my already written script?

(Main part of my script is below)

find / -name \*.gz >$OUTPUT

for i in $(<$OUTPUT)
do
{insert command here}
done

Thank you for any suggestions you may have.
Mike

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Alan Meyer_4 — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:45:03 GMT

I would do a cp -rp and then remove the source file. The cp -rp would create the necessary directory structure and keep the same file protection as the source file. So the script would look like;

find / -name \*.gz >$OUTPUT

for i in $(<$OUTPUT)
do
cp -rp $i /var/tmp/$i
rm $1
done

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:46:24 GMT

Easy:

find /home/jerry -name '*.gz' | cpio -pudvm /var/tmp

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Rick Garland — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:16:58 GMT

The cpio passthru option as listed by Clay.
As the root user;

# cd /home/jerry
# find . -depth | cpio -pmuldv /var/tmp/

This will keep perms and owners as well.

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Mike Ehrman — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:28:13 GMT

Thank you Alan, Clay and Rick.

Alan - the cp command with the rp options did not create the directory structure on my HP-UX 11i box. The man page says p is for keeping permissions.

Clay & Rick - the cpio command works.

Here is how I incorporated it into my scripts...

find / -name \*.gz >$OUTPUT

cat $OUTPUT | cpio -dumpv /var/tmp

If anyone has a better way to incorporate it into my script I'd love to hear it.

Mike

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Rick Garland — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:59:59 GMT

Not exactly sure what you are looking for but give it try:

Instead of the 2 lines you have, just have the single line as listed previously posted.

find /home/jerry -name '*.gz' | cpio -pmuldv /var/tmp

You can have just the 1 line doing the copies.

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Alan Meyer_4 — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:43:23 GMT

Hmm it's the -r that's suppose to create the subtrees though... In anycase, what's important is that you got it solved... :)

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Vibhor Kumar Agarwal — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:10:54 GMT

Lets's try this way out,

for filename in `find / -name \*.gz`;
do
newdir=dirname $filename
mkdir -p /var/tmp/$newdir
mv $filename /var/tmp/$newdir
done

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:28:33 GMT

Put your $OUTPUT in a loop and pass through it, It would be efficient and good way of doing.

-Arun

Re: Move file but keep directory tree

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:41:43 GMT

You can do it simply as,

# find / -name "*.gz" | awk '{ print "cp -R "$0" /var/tmp" }' | ksh

It will copy directory sturcture to /var/tmp. You can change location also with awk statement.

hth.