Re: script help

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

Bob Alexander wrote:
> I keep a few different kernel source trees under /usr/src and each of 
> them has a different .config file.
>
> Part of my pre-backup script I would like to run a command such as
>
> find /usr/src -name .config
>
> for example:
>
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.9-rja/.config
> /usr/src/linux-2.6.10-rja/.config
>
> and for every match write a file to my /backup_data directory with a 
> filename that is made up like "kernel-source-2.6.9-rja.config" and 
> "linux-2.6.10-rja.config" or some similar unique filename which relates 
> the the kernel tree.
>
> Thank you for any help,
> Bob

(using bash:)
for i in *
do
  if [ -d $i ]
  then
    if [ -f $i/.config ]
      then
      echo cp $i/.config /backup_data/$i.config
    fi
  fi
done

If this prints the correct lines, remove echo in front of the cp and run 
again ;)

HTH,

Joris