Symlink all files in a directory with the entire directory tree












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Right now I use this



ln -s /dir/* /dir2/


Which will symlink everything, but I have to go inside the dir and make a new directory because the folders are also symlinked (this is expected).



So here is what Im trying to achieve: Symlink all files, but when there is a folder, make a directory with the same name and symlink the files inside of that folder and inside that folder, etc.



Much like GNU cp with the -al flag, which I got by running brew install coreutils.



gcp -al /dir1/ dir2/


This does what I want except they are hard links and not symlinks.






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  • gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Dec 1 '14 at 11:08
















1















Right now I use this



ln -s /dir/* /dir2/


Which will symlink everything, but I have to go inside the dir and make a new directory because the folders are also symlinked (this is expected).



So here is what Im trying to achieve: Symlink all files, but when there is a folder, make a directory with the same name and symlink the files inside of that folder and inside that folder, etc.



Much like GNU cp with the -al flag, which I got by running brew install coreutils.



gcp -al /dir1/ dir2/


This does what I want except they are hard links and not symlinks.






osx symlink ln







share|improve this question























  • gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Dec 1 '14 at 11:08














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1








Right now I use this



ln -s /dir/* /dir2/


Which will symlink everything, but I have to go inside the dir and make a new directory because the folders are also symlinked (this is expected).



So here is what Im trying to achieve: Symlink all files, but when there is a folder, make a directory with the same name and symlink the files inside of that folder and inside that folder, etc.



Much like GNU cp with the -al flag, which I got by running brew install coreutils.



gcp -al /dir1/ dir2/


This does what I want except they are hard links and not symlinks.






osx symlink ln







share|improve this question














Right now I use this



ln -s /dir/* /dir2/


Which will symlink everything, but I have to go inside the dir and make a new directory because the folders are also symlinked (this is expected).



So here is what Im trying to achieve: Symlink all files, but when there is a folder, make a directory with the same name and symlink the files inside of that folder and inside that folder, etc.



Much like GNU cp with the -al flag, which I got by running brew install coreutils.



gcp -al /dir1/ dir2/


This does what I want except they are hard links and not symlinks.






osx symlink ln




osx symlink ln






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  • gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Dec 1 '14 at 11:08



















  • gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

    – Stéphane Chazelas
    Dec 1 '14 at 11:08

















gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

– Stéphane Chazelas
Dec 1 '14 at 11:08





gcp -as (only works with absolute paths though).

– Stéphane Chazelas
Dec 1 '14 at 11:08










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I guess you should separate the file handling from the directory handling. Make the directories first. In the GNU world:



cd /dir2

find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir {} ;


And then the symlinks:



find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s -t /dir2 {} +





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  • Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

    – Gilles
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I guess you should separate the file handling from the directory handling. Make the directories first. In the GNU world:



cd /dir2

find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir {} ;


And then the symlinks:



find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s -t /dir2 {} +





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  • Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

    – Gilles
    Dec 2 '14 at 14:29
















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I guess you should separate the file handling from the directory handling. Make the directories first. In the GNU world:



cd /dir2

find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir {} ;


And then the symlinks:



find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s -t /dir2 {} +





share|improve this answer
























  • Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

    – Gilles
    Dec 2 '14 at 14:29














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I guess you should separate the file handling from the directory handling. Make the directories first. In the GNU world:



cd /dir2

find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir {} ;


And then the symlinks:



find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s -t /dir2 {} +





share|improve this answer













I guess you should separate the file handling from the directory handling. Make the directories first. In the GNU world:



cd /dir2

find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec mkdir {} ;


And then the symlinks:



find /dir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec ln -s -t /dir2 {} +






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  • Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

    – Gilles
    Dec 2 '14 at 14:29



















  • Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

    – Gilles
    Dec 2 '14 at 14:29

















Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

– Gilles
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Drop -maxdepth 1 since the copy should recurse. mkdir {} is wrong: you're attempting to create directories that already exist. You need to translate /dir into /dir2 in the paths.

– Gilles
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