Hi,
I need to copy and compress files in a directory in single line of command. I am able to copy and gzip files in one command but not directory. Command that I am using for copying directory is below :
cp -rp /u01/app/<directory> /u01/app/backup |gzip -r
/u01/app/backup/<directory>
Thanks,
Prakash
something like
find /source -type f | while read N
do
mkdir -p /target/`dirname $N`
compress <$N >/target/$N
done
Thanks porter. This is exactly was I was looking for.
I used below code as suggested by Porter for compressing and copying directory.
find ${COPY_DIR} -type f | while read N
do
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}/`dirname $N`"
gzip < $N > ${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz
done
However I have some directories which have space in name. I get below error when copying and compressing directories which have sapce in name.
/backup/sidora/iAS/ifs1.1/doc/Quick Tour/Graphics/rtarr.gif.gz: cannot create
Any ideas on how can I take fix above error. Thanks in advance.
replace this to
gzip < $N > ${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz
gzip < "$N" > "${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz"
Thanks for update matrixmadhan. Even though after making suggsted changes I still get same error message. Now my code looks like :
find ${COPY_DIR} -type f | while read N
do
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}/`dirname $N`"
gzip < "$N" > "${BACKUP_DIR}/$N.gz"
done
Error message
/backup/sidora/iAS/ifs1.1/doc/Quick Tour/Graphics/rtarr.gif.gz: cannot create
Just to make sure, do you have enough permissions to create the file in the specified directory ?
Yes. I am running this copy script as root. Code copies and compresses almost all files except for the ones which has space in directory name.
try
mkdir -p "${BACKUP_DIR}/`dirname "$N"`"
Thnx Kahuna. Its works.
You can use the tar command to capture all of the directories so you won't need to recreate them. See my post in a similar thread:
http://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/23402-copy-compress.html\#post302295470