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I would like to find the command that copy my eclipse options to another workspace:

/home/me/myWorkspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/*

There is only one directory org.eclipse.core.runtime among many to copy into a new workspace preserving the structure .metadata/.plugins/. After copy the structure should be:

/destination/path/newWorkspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/

without manually create .metadata/.plugins/

[~]$ cd /home/me/myWorkspace/
[myWorkspace]$ cp -Rf .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime -t /destination/path/newWorkspace/.metadata/.plugins
cp: can't create directory '/destination/path/newWorkspace/.metadata/.plugin': No such file or directory

It doesn't work, and it could be source of error to write the path .metadata/.plugins manually. It certainly a better idea to create a complete script ?

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  • What error message did you get?
    – Benjamin Bannier
    Jul 20 '11 at 16:22
  • You need to create /dest/path/newWorkspace/.metadata/.plugins/ if this directory does not exist. You can't copy to a destination that does not exist, otherwise the command you entered should copy the dir to destination exactly as you want.
    – Nicholi
    Jul 20 '11 at 20:16
  • I can create the directory with mkdir -p /destination/pat/newWorkspace/.metadata/.plugins but it could be source of error.
    – chepseskaf
    Jul 21 '11 at 6:46
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I think you are looking for something like:

cd /home/me/myWorkspace
cp -Rf --parents .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime /destination/path/newWorkspace
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  • Thanks it does the trick (I've allowed myself to correct the command line about my problem)
    – chepseskaf
    Jul 21 '11 at 7:07

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