Re: command to mv files & folders to dir

[Mark Panen <mark.panen@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Ivan Shmakov <ivan@gray.siamics.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Panen <mark.panen@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Panen <mark.panen@gmail.com> writes:
>
>  >>> Made a bit off a muck up off things when i backed up parts of my
>  >>> /home/mark directory to /mnt/deer
>
>  >>> In /mnt/deer i know have hundreds of files and folders which i
>  >>> rsynced on 22/09/2011.
>
>  >>> I need a command line option to put them all In one shot in
>  >>> /mnt/deer/zebra.
>
>  >> It's not what I'd usually call “one shot” (= atomic), but, IIUC,
>  >> the following single command line should do it:
>
>  >> $ mkdir -pv -- /mnt/deer/zebra \
>  >>       && find /mnt/deer/ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -not -name zebra \
>  >>              -exec mv --target-directory=/mnt/deer/zebra -- {} +
>
>  > will this mv only the file/folders created on the 22/09/2011, i want
>  > the older files etc to stay behind.
>
>        Somehow, I didn't understood that as part of the task.
>
>        The -ctime constraint to find(1) may be helpful here, like:
>
> $ mkdir -pv -- /mnt/deer/zebra \
>      && find /mnt/deer/ \
>             -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -ctime -3 -not -name zebra \
>             -exec mv --target-directory=/mnt/deer/zebra -- {} +
>
>        However, note that the Unix' “change time” is /not/ the file
>        creation time (I know of no Unix filesystem to track the
>        latter), but they /should/ coincide in this particular case.
>
>        Note also that if the filesystem under /mnt is not a Unix one
>        (such as VFAT), it should be checked whether the ctime is
>        actually set as desired.  Like:
>
> $ LC_ALL=C stat -- /mnt/deer/foobar
>
>        (Where foobar is one of the files copied 2011-09-22.)  Check if
>        the Change: field is set to 2011-09-22.
>
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The command made a folder called zebra and put all the contents of
/mnt/deer in /mnt/deer/zebra so did not achieve my plan, the time
stamp is now set at 24th for all, according to $ LC_ALL=C stat --
/mnt/deer/,  ctime -3 seems to be the problem.