Re: New feature request for cp to flatten directory

[Eric Blake]

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According to Todd Andrews on 12/6/2007 11:13 PM:

Hello,

> I'd like to suggest a new feature be added to cp called --flatten that
> would remove all paths from the source files/directories and copy the
> file to the destination directory.
>
> cp -pr --flatten data -t alldata

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, it seems like this is already
possible with existing tools, so why add the bloat?

find data -type f -exec cp -pr -t alldata {}+

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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