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ovince · 06-11-2007, 02:03 AM

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