general/dirtrees - Directory tree utilities
- Provides verbs for copying and deleting directory trees.
The dirutils addon must also be installed.
Browse source and examples in SVN.
Contents
Verbs
copytree
v
Copies directory tree from directory y to directory x
deltree
v
Deletes directory tree
Installation
Use JAL/Package Manager to install the dirtrees and dirutils addons.
Usage
Load dirtrees addon with the following line
load 'general/dirtrees'
To see the sampler of usage, run the test.ijs script.
Open the script open 'general/dirtrees/test'
Select all contents using Ctrl+A
Run Selection using Ctrl+E
Here is typical session output from the test.ijs script.
Authors
See Also
programming/2007-August/007622, Forum thread that prompted this.
ChrisBurke suggested in the thread above that another option for copying a directory tree is to zip and unzip it. This can be done using the zip tool shipped with J and the UnZip script, or using the arc/zip Addon and the arc/ziptrees Addon.
The dirutils addon.