Re: Qshell's 'cp' command

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

----- 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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