Exclude dir from find command

anaskoara · 02-05-2011, 04:27 AM

Hi i have this find command to find modified files and copy them

Code:

find $SRC_DIR -type f -ctime -1|xargs -i cp --parents {} $BACKUP_DIR/$DAY/

and it works good but it want to exclude files that exist in some folders like $SRC_DIR/cash and $SRC_DIR/woks/tmp

what is the best solution.

Regards

grail · 02-05-2011, 04:32 AM

Have a look at -path option with -prune

anaskoara · 02-05-2011, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grail

Have a look at -path option with -prune

I've read the manual but I did not understand it can you explain it to me?

grail · 02-05-2011, 06:07 AM

Use -path to name the directories you wish to exclude and then -prune to do the actual exclusion.
So your might look like:

Code:

find $SRC_DIR -type f -ctime -1 -path $SRC_DIR/cash -prune -o -print |xargs -i cp --parents {} $BACKUP_DIR/$DAY/

You may need to play around and experiment to get exactly what you need.