>From Darin Strait on Friday, 2004-02-13 at 13:15:37 -0500: > Hello. > > I have a large directory tree, with scores of end nodes. Each end node in the > tree has a number of files whose names end either in .mp3 or in .flac. > > I would like to copy the directory structure of the tree, but I want to move > files that end in .mp3 to the new tree and leave the .flac files behind. > > What is the easiest way to do that? I was looking at unision, but unison seems > to be copy-only; there doesn't seem to be move the flac files.
If the main point is to leave behind the .flac files, you can try rsync -azv --exclude '*.flac' old-directory new-directory I did a small test, and if you have a directory that initially looks like this: old-directory old-directory/old2 old-directory/old2/aaa old-directory/old2/bbb old-directory/old2/aaa.mp3 old-directory/old2/bbb.flac Then new-directory looks like this: new-directory/ new-directory/old-directory new-directory/old-directory/old2 new-directory/old-directory/old2/aaa new-directory/old-directory/old2/bbb new-directory/old-directory/old2/aaa.mp3 If you use a slightly different version (note the trailing /) rsync -azv --exclude '*.flac' old-directory/ new-directory you get this: new-directory/ new-directory/old2 new-directory/old2/aaa new-directory/old2/bbb new-directory/old2/aaa.mp3 If you play around with rsync you will find other possibilities. The nice thing about rsync is it allows you to make these kinds of changes also across the network. gentoo and debian both use rsync to keep their mirrors up-to-date. Conrad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
