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- #!/bin/sh
- # $Id: tar-copy.sh,v 1.3 1998/02/11 12:14:03 tom Exp $
- ##############################################################################
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- #
- # Author: Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@clark.net> 1997,1998
- #
- # Copy a collection of files using 'tar', so that their dates and links are
- # preserved
- #
- # Parameters:
- # $1 = files to copy
- # $2 = source directory
- # $3 = destination directory
- #
- #DOIT=echo
- DOIT=eval
-
- if test $# != 3 ; then
- echo "Usage: $0 files source target"
- exit 1
- elif test ! -d "$2" ; then
- echo "Source directory not found: $2"
- exit 1
- elif test ! -d "$3" ; then
- echo "Target directory not found: $3"
- exit 1
- fi
-
- WD=`pwd`
-
- TMP=$WD/copy$$
- trap "rm -f $TMP" 0 1 2 5 15
-
- cd $2
- if ( tar cf $TMP $1 )
- then
- cd $3
- LIST=`tar tf $TMP 2>&1`
- $DOIT rm -rf $LIST 2>/dev/null
- $DOIT tar xvf $TMP
- else
- echo "Cannot create tar of $1 files"
- exit 1
- fi
-