bash script to copy found directory and parent to another drive,

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 23:44 -0400, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> So find 
> /media/music/jazz/coltrane/ROIO
> /media/music/jazz/Davis/ROIO
> /media/music/rock/LedZep/ROIO
> 
> and copy them to 
> 
> /media/flash/jazz/coltrane/ROIO
> /media/flash/jazz/Davis/ROIO
> /media/flash/rock/LedZep/ROIO

cd /media/music
mkdir ../flash
cp --parents -a */*/ROIO ../flash

You don't need the second step if your flash directory already exists.

"--parents" is non-standard; don't expect this to work on other Unixes
necessarily.

Regards, K.

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