[Gllug] cp real files but not links

[Hari Sekhon]

David Damerell wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009, David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
>   
>> Is it possible to copy a directory's contents (and sub-directories) to a
>> new location, but only the 'real files' and not any symlinks?
>>     
>
> You could do a "find -type l" after the copy. Remember to do something
> like "find -print0 ... |xargs -0" to avoid tripping up on baroque
> filenames.
>
>   
Or do a "find -type f" piped through a bash loop to test if it's a link 
and cp it only if not...

might be better if what you are doing is sensitive to what is put there 
and you want to avoid a race condition between copying everything and 
deleting links later...

-h

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