From: lilydjwg <lilydjwg@gmail.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Copying certain subdirectories retaining structure
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:15:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140223071542.GA25203@lilyforest> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <XnsA2DCCC96A9968davidrayninfocouk@80.91.229.13>
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 08:06:32PM +0000, zzapper wrote:
> I want to copy all files in subdirectories named /good/ to a USB while
> retaining directory structure
>
> /aaa/pic/good
> /aan/dogs/good/
> /dir1/dir2/dir3/good/
I always find tar is great for copying lots of files:
tar c **/good(/) | tar xv -C /media/usbkey
--
Best regards,
lilydjwg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-23 7:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-22 20:06 zzapper
2014-02-22 21:40 ` Philippe Troin
2014-02-22 22:02 ` zzapper
2014-02-23 3:22 ` Ray Andrews
2014-02-23 7:15 ` lilydjwg [this message]
2014-02-24 22:33 ` zzapper
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