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ovince

06-11-2007 02:03 AM

copy

hi,

I am trying to make a short script to copy files, whole tree structures ... This is how I started

###3 copyTree - cp tree structure: copyTree "*.dat" "*.txt" "C:/...."

Code:

function copyTree() {



if [ $# = 2 ]

    then

            find -depth -name "$1" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

    elif [ $# = 3 ]

    then

            find -depth -name "$1" -name "$2" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

    elif [ $# = 4 ]

    then

            find -depth -name "$1" -name "$2" -name "$3" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2        

fi                



}

It works when I use it like

copyTree "*.dat" "C:/...."

but not works when trying

copyTree "*.dat" "*.txt" "C:/...."

Why?

thanks

druuna

06-11-2007 03:31 AM

Hi,

If you want to use more then one -name option with find you need to add the -o (OR) option. I.e:

find -depth -name "$1" -o -name "$2" -print0

or

find -depth $ -name "$1" -o -name "$2" $ -print0

BTW: The first example will not always work, the second will.

Hope this helps.

ovince

06-11-2007 10:07 AM

I tried bot suggestion

Code:

###3 copyTree - cp tree structure:  copyTree "*.*" "C:/...." 

function copyTree() {



if [ $# = 2 ]

    then

            find -depth -name "$1" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

    elif [ $# = 3 ]

    then

            #find -depth \( -name "$1" -o -name "$2" \) -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

            find -depth -name "$1" -o -name "$2" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

    elif [ $# = 4 ]

    then

            find -depth \( -name "$1" -o -name "$2" -o -name "$3" \) -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2        

fi                



#find -depth -name "$1" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2



}

does not work...do you know why

druuna

06-11-2007 10:31 AM

Hi,

I see another typo/mistake in your script:

find -depth -name "$1" -o -name "$2" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $2

Should be:

find -depth -name "$1" -o -name "$2" -print0 | cpio --null -pvd $3

And the find..cpio line below that should end with $4 instead of $2.

Hope this helps.

ovince

06-11-2007 10:42 AM

true ... you are very good observer

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