branches/experimental/extras/do_copy_files

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # $Id$
   3 set -e
   4
   5 : <<inline_doc
   6     desc:       Copy files from one dir to another dir using tar
   7     usage:      do_copy_files $PRUNEPATH $ROOT_DIR $DEST_DIR
   8     input vars: $1 list of dirs that must be skipped by tar
   9                 $2 the root dir of the files that will be copied
  10                 $3 the dir where the copied files will be placed
  11     externals:  --
  12     modifies:   --
  13     returns:    --
  14     on error:
  15     on success:
  16 inline_doc
  17
  18 TMP_FILE=/tmp/prunelist
  19
  20 echo -en "\nCopying system files to $3 ..."
  21
  22 # Create a file that we can pass to tar as an "exclude list".
  23 # There might be an easier way to achieve tar exclusions? Strip
  24 # the leading /.
  25 for F in $1 ; do
  26   echo .${F} >> $TMP_FILE
  27 done
  28
  29 mkdir -p $3
  30 cd $2
  31 tar -X $TMP_FILE -cf - . | tar -C $3 -xf -
  32
  33 # Clear out the temporary file
  34 rm -f ${TMP_FILE}
  35
  36 echo "done."