Hi folks,

If I have 2 folders/directories namely folder-A/directory-A and folder-B/directory-B

What will be the most convenient command (plus correct syntax) shall I use;

1) to copy all sub-folders/sub-directories including all files inside from folder-A/directory-A to folder-B/directory-B.

2) to copy all sub-folders/sub-directories only EXCLUDING all files inside from folder-A/directory-A to folder-B/directory-B

3) only to copy the FIRST and SECOND levels of the sub-folders/sub-directories, i.e. the sub-folders/sub-directory immediate under folder-A/directory-A and their immediate sub-folders/sub-directories, EXCLUDING all files inside.

Kinldy advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

1) to copy all sub-folders/sub-directories including all files inside from folder-A/directory-A to folder-B/directory-B.

cp folder-A/directory-A/ folder-B/directory-B/ -r

I am not too sure about the other two parts. I don't know if excluding all files under a location is possible.

Hi LinuxLala,

Tks for your advice.

What I am trying to find is a combination of commands to do the jobs.

(Remark:
Previously I meant Folder-A=User-A and Folder-B=User-B
Acturally I need to create the exact set of folders and sub-folders to User-B, User-C, etc. same as User-A)

Currently I apply 'cp' and 'mc' to do the jobs as listed in my first posting as follows;

Using 'mc' to copy all folders, sub-folders and files from User-A to User-B, then removing all files. Afterwards using 'mc' again to copy all folders and sub-folders from User-B to User-C, User-D etc.

I have been searching on Internet with google but up to now still I have not found a solution.

B.R.
satimis

If I understand you correctly, you want to copy the directory structure with no files. right ?????

If so, you could use this command:

Hi homey,

Tks for your advice.

Yes. You are correct. I want to copy the complete directory structure including all sub-directories but without file.

Are line-2 and line-3 above a single line (i.e. ONE LINE)

Furthermore if I want to copy selected level of sub-directories. Can I make it and how?

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Hi,

Lines 2 and 3 are all one line of command. It just looks neater to break it in half with a " \ '

The -type d says that I'm only interested in directories.

This command does create the subdirectories by using mkdir -p . The -p switch tells mkdir to make any parent directories if they don't already exist.

If you only want to go to a certian level of sub-directories, use the -maxdepth command. For example to go down 4 levels should look like this...

cd /home/user1
find . -maxdepth 4 -type d -name '*' -exec mkdir -p /home/user2/{} \;

Hi homey,

Lot of thanks for your advice which is very interesting to me.

I thnk I should spare some time learning C++ and Bash/Shell script languages

If I saveto a file namely "cpdir" and want to make it executable

1) what will be the file extention '.sh' or '.exe'
2) where shall I save it? '/bin/'?
3) how to activate it so that it can be executed by typing "cpdir + ENTER" on Konsole window? With 'chown'?
4) how to make 'user2' variable for 'user2','user3', 'user4', 'userX', etc. so that I am allowed to copy the directory structure to either 'user2', 'user3' or 'user4' individually. Similarly I am also allowed to copy the directory structure to 'user2', 'user3', 'user4', etc.collectively.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

There is a niffty tool called dialog but I haven't actually created any scripts using this.
You may have better luck with good advice down at the program section.

Hi homey,

Noted with thanks

B.R.
satimis