How can I copy a single file and maintain directory structure?
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00:00 How Can I Copy A Single File And Maintain Directory Structure?
00:17 Answer 1 Score 5
00:30 Accepted Answer Score 26
00:40 Answer 3 Score 3
00:49 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 26
cp --parents /dir/another/file /tmp
will do exactly what you want.
ANSWER 2
Score 5
rsync can be a good help for this :
rsync -Ravz my/first/dir/file.txt another_dir
will gave as result
another_dir/my/first/dir/file.txt
ANSWER 3
Score 3
You can use tar to preserve paths while copying files:
tar cf - /dir/another/file | (cd /tmp && tar xf -)