Re: LUG: How to copy full directory structure and only select - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:39:58 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: How to copy full directory structure and only select

From : "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:39:58 -0400

In the command

$ cp --parents **/file.dat ../stuff/

why use two asterisks? Did you use two because of the particular
problem instance I put forward? Or does two mean any number of
preceding directories?
--
Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
PhD Student - Industrial Engineering
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
fax: XXX.515.5281
web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/

Replies :

Re: LUG: How to copy full directory structure and only select