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Unix A:  \u01\test\
                          ......
                          ......

Unix B:  \u01\

I need all \test\ and everything under it on Unix A to be copied over to

\u01\ on Unix B.

I haven't figure know how this can be done in Unix.   I need Cut/Paste
as in Windows NT.

Thanks,

You can use
     cp -pR <source> <target>
to copy a tree (R mean recursive) and retain the file attributes (p). If
there are links in the <source>, the cp command will find the files linked
and copy the files, not just the links. For example, if you have done
something like
     ln  -s  /u01/test/subdir/FILE  /u01/test/otherSubdir
to create a  link to FILE in the otherSubdir, then cp will copy FILE to the
<target>.

To find out if you have any links in the <source> tree, use
     find <source> -L -print        (L might not be the right option. use
'man find'.)
or
    ls -lR <source> | grep "^l"      (ugly but it will work)

If you need to retain the links, you can use tar to first create a copy
  tar -cvf /wherever/test.tar /u01/test
and then untar it by cd'ing to Unix B:/u01 and using
  tar -xvf /wherever/test.tar

You can do the tar without creating the temporary file (test.tar) by using a
pipe.

Steve Bossie

-am

try:

cd /test
rcp -r * unixb:/uo1

assuming you have .rhosts setup

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Andy

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To copy directory structures to different machines is a little tricky
try something like this:

on UNIX-A:
        cd /u01
        tar cvf - ./test | rsh UNIX-B "(cd /u01; tar xvf -)"

That should do it.. providing you can rsh commands from unix-a to unix-b
if you get "permission denied", go to unix-b and put the following line
in /.rhosts
        unix-a root

then try:
        unix-a% rsh unix-b df

If that works, you should be all set.

Regards,

        Rick Niziak

Hi Rick,

This solution is so elegant, so beautiful. It works.

However, when I have this case:

Unix A:  \u01\test
Unix B:  \u05\

I need \test on Unix A to be copied onto \u05 also as \test, then the same
command doesn't work.   I got an error: No such file or directory.
I guess the error is because of no \u01 in Unix B but only \u05

Can you help ?

Oh heaven, I'm rocket scientist drop-out.

For NT: Network Neighborhood/Cut/Paste- Any dummy can do it in NT.

                cd /u01; rcp -r test unixB:/u05

        Piece o' cake.

-am

That's what happens with you use DOS boxes for too long! :-))

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Quote:> > However, when I have this case:

> > Unix A:  \u01\test
> > Unix B:  \u05\

>    Try and get your slashes right for a start. Then set up a
>    ".rhosts" file on your Unix B target then use the rcp
>    command vis -

>            cd /u01; rcp -r test unixB:/u05

>    Piece o' cake.

> -am