tar-copy.sh

#!/bin/sh
# $Id: tar-copy.sh,v 1.5 2003/10/25 14:40:07 tom Exp $
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# Author: Thomas E. Dickey
#
# 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$$

cd $2
TEST=`ls -d $1 2>/dev/null`
if test -z "$TEST"
then
	echo "... no match for \"$1\" in $2"
else
	echo "... installing files matching \"$1\" in $2"
	trap "rm -f $TMP" 0 1 2 5 15
	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
fi