Re: Qshell's 'cp' command

On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 07:45 -0500, Nanette.Schernecker wrote:

It is as you suggested, I do get errors on the directories, complaining
that it can't copy them because they are directories. Could you point me
in the general direction where I could get an example of using
a using a wildcard that will only select files (not directories) when
calling the cp command? Thanks!
Nanette

Nanette,

Here is something I just threw together. I have, displaying my usual
spectacular inventiveness, called the two directories src and dst; hack
as necessary.

for x in `find src -type f ! -path '*/*/*' -print`
do
cp $x dst
done

The term
! -path '*/*/*'
is a workaround for the lack of `find -maxdepth`. Nuisance, eh?

HTH,
Terry.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Klement" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Qshell's 'cp' command


> Hi Nanette,
>
> 'cp' will probably do what you're looking for. It might report errors
> on the directories, though... complaining that it can't copy them
> because they are directories... Probably not a big deal if that's > what
> you want, and this is a one-time thing.
>
> But, if this is part of a software package that you're end-users will
> see, those error messages might be a reason not to use 'cp' by itself.
> Instead, I suggest specifying which files you want to copy, or using a
> wildcard that will only select files (not directories) when you call > the
> cp command.
>
> HTH
>
>
> Nanette.Schernecker wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Using qshell and the 'cp' command, I'm wondering if there's a way to >> copy
>> all the files from one directory to a new directory, without copying >> any
>> of the sub-directories within the original directory.
>>
>> For example, lets say the original directory is /DIR1 and the new
>> directory is /NEWDIR, and /DIR1 contains the following:
>> DIR1
>> Sub-Dir1
>> Sub-Dir2
>> Stmf1
>> Stmf2
>>
>> I would like to copy only Stmf1 & Stmf2 to /NEWDIR. I would like to >> omit
>> the subdirectories from the copy, is this possible using the 'cp'
>> command?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nanette J Schernecker
>
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