From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29913 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2006 13:22:43 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 16 Jun 2006 13:22:43 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 63056 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2006 13:22:36 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jun 2006 13:22:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 23670 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2006 13:22:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10383 Received: (qmail 23660 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2006 13:22:28 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jun 2006 13:22:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 61987 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2006 13:22:28 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jun 2006 13:22:27 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FrEH6-0007Ko-16 for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:22:13 +0200 Received: from 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:22:12 +0200 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:22:12 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Re: replace all versions of a file in hierachy with a more recent version Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: References: <200606161249.k5GCnXdp009969@news01.csr.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Sender: news Peter Stephenson wrote in news:200606161249.k5GCnXdp009969@news01.csr.com: > zzapper wrote: >> I want to replace all versions of a file in hierachy with a more >> recent version > > Depending on what the criterion is for files that need replacing, > > for f in oldlocation/**/*(.); do > cp newlocation${f##oldlocation} $f > done > > pws > PWS, Wouldn't a find be better? > To access the latest news from CSR copy this link into a web browser: > http://www.csr.com/email_sig.php > -- http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips