Re: [OT] Recursive dir (linux)

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ChrisBurch2 wrote:
> 
> Pete Lomax wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 07:47:11 -0700, ChrisBurch2
> > <guest at RapidEuphoria.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >Anyone know of a quick way to recursively copy a directory tree under linux
> > >with filemasking.
> > >
> > >cp -R ~/euphoria/*.e* ~/tmpdir
> > >
> > >does not work, and only copies the top level.
> > what does cp -a give you?
> > 
> > Pete
> > 
> > 
> Hi
> 
> Just the top level. But heres how to do it - find was the key.
> 
> find ~/euphoria -iname "*.e" -o -iname "*.ex" -o -iname "*.exu"  -exec cp
> --parents
> '{}' ~/eutemp \;

groan - that should have worked, just found its only copying the *.exu s. Oh
separate lines in a script it is then.

> 
> Chris
> >

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