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cp command question

Hunki — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:54:46 GMT

I need to copy a file from a path lets say :

/a/b/c/file-name

to

/d

such that the file is copied as /d/a/b/c/filename.( and I dont have to do a mkdir to create the directories in /d )

Re: cp command question

Torsten. — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:06:30 GMT

If the files have different owners and permissions, create a tar and restore it to the new location.

Re: cp command question

Sandman! — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:58:24 GMT

Use pax(1) to get that effect i.e.

# pax -rw /a/b/c/file_name /d/

~cheers

Re: cp command question

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:30:44 GMT

Hi:

You can short-circut the creation of a multi-level directory with:

# mkdir -p /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4

See the 'mkdir' manpages.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: cp command question

Hunki — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:11:16 GMT

Thanks you all and specially to Sandman !