On Sunday 08 May 2005 06:36, Byron Hillis wrote: > Hi everybody, > > A bit off topic, but it is on a Debian machine. Here's the situation. I've > got a bunch of files layed out like this... > > /cvs/proj/src/rs232/rs232.asm > /cvs/proj/src/rs232/include/rs232_include.inc > /cvs/proj/src/rs232/include/rs232.inc > /cvs/proj/src/a2d/a2d.asm > /cvs/proj/src/a2d/include/a2d_include.inc > /cvs/proj/src/a2d/include/a2d.inc > /cvs/proj/src/a2d/include/a2d_constants.inc > /cvs/proj/src/servo/servo.asm > /cvs/proj/src/servo/include/servo.inc > /cvs/proj/src/servo/include/servo_constants.inc > > What I want is the ability to create symlinks in another location so that > it looks like this. > > /code/rs232.asm > /code/a2d.asm > /code/servo.asm > /code/include/rs232_include.inc > /code/include/rs232.inc > /code/include/a2d_include.inc > /code/include/a2d.inc > /code/include/a2d_constants.inc > /code/include/servo.inc > /code/include/servo_constants.inc > > Where each file is a symlink to the original. I don't need someone to give > me a script to do this (although that would be nice), but maybe just some > guidance as to where to start looking. I think I could use something like > find piped into a grep statement and then...that's where I get lost. > > Anybody got any ideas? Thanks, > > Byron You can do it with hard links with cp -alf
something like cp -alf /cvs/proj/src/rs232/* /code cp -alf /cvs/proj/src/a2d/* /code cp -alf /cvs/proj/src/servo/* /code I use a technique like this to merge stuff into an archive in my backup script -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
