cp command question

[Hunki]

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 )

[Torsten.]

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

[Sandman! · Accepted solution]

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

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

~cheers

[James R. Ferguson]

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...

[Hunki]

Thanks you all and specially to Sandman !