NAME

ltfs_ordered_copy - Copy files from source to destination with LTFS order optimization

SYNOPSIS

ltfs_ordered_copy [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -t TARGET_DIRECTORY ] [ --keep-tree CUTOFF_PREFIX ] [ -a ] [ -v ] [ --verbose LOG_LEVEL ] [ -q ] [ -h ] [ SOURCE ... ] [ DESTINATION ]

DESCRIPTION

ltfs_ordered_copy is a program to copy files from source to destination with LTFS order optimization. This command tries to acquire file list to copy to DESTINATION when no SOURCE is specified.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files. -p preserve attributes with shutil.copy2() in Python interpriter -r, --recursive copy directories recursively -t, --target-directory=TARGET_DIRECTORY copy all SOURCE arguments into TARGET_DIRECTORY --keep_tree=CUTOFF_PREFIX CUTOFF_PREFIX, effective only when file list is provided from stdin and keep-tree option is enabled. CUTOFF_PREFIX is removed from the file paths copied to the destination. -a, --all achieve files recursively and preserve attributes -v Verbose output. Set VERBOSE level 5 --verbose=LOG_LEVEL Configure verbosity of logger. VERBOSE shall be 0-6. (Default: 4) -q, --quiet No message outout

COMMAND EXAMPLES

 This section shows various command examples. SIMPLE USAGE Copy file /foo/aaa to file /foo/bbb $ ltfs_ordered_copy /foo/aaa /foo/bbb Copy file /foo/aaa and /foo/bbb to directory /bar/ % ltfs_ordered_copy /foo/aaa /foo/bbb /bar Copy directory /foo/ddd and /foo/DDD to directory /bar/ % ltfs_ordered_copy /foo/ddd /foo/DDD /bar HOW TO USE WITH FIND COMMAND Copy all files under /foo/ddd to directory /bar $ find /foo/ddd -type f | ltfs_ordered_copy -t /bar Copy all directories just under /foo/ddd to directory /bar $ find /foo/ddd -type d -maxdepth 1 | ltfs_ordered_copy -t /bar Copy all files just under /foo/ddd to directory /bar with keeping tree (Chop /foo/ddd from source list) $ find /foo/ddd -type f | ltfs_ordered_copy -t /bar --keep-tree=/foo/ddd