On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 06:09:22PM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > I needed to copy a bunch of files from a directory tree -- but only > > selected files (say all regular files that end in .foo). I want the > > destination tree to be created. find(1) is what I find most useful > > for specifying what files to match the files I want to move -- but I > > can't seem to get a good xargs command to get the files in the > > destination (ie create the dir if doesn't exist and copy the file).
> It seems the "standard" way to do this is tar in a pipe. > > find . | tar -F. -c -f- | (cd ../new && tar -xf -) I think you want -T not -F: find -name \*.foo | tar -T- -cf- | (cd newdir && tar -xf-) -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
