{"id":44,"date":"2010-03-04T10:54:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=44"},"modified":"2010-03-04T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T09:54:33","slug":"linux-copy-folders-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.campodoro.org\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Linux: copy folders only"},"content":{"rendered":"

I needed a simple script that would copy the entire folder structure of certain users (under Linux) to a backup destination. This is how I did it.
\nYou would need a file call users.txt with the names of the users, divided by linebreaks.<\/p>\n

users.txt:<\/strong>
\nuser1
\nuser2
\nuser3<\/p>\n

And this little script:<\/p>\n

createfolders.sh:<\/strong>
\n
\n#!\/bin\/sh
\ndest='\/backup'
\ncat users.txt | while read user;
\ndo
\n base=\"\/users\/$user\"
\n find $base -type d -print | cpio -pvdum $dest
\ndone<\/p>\n

<\/code><\/p>\n

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