[Novalug] Is there a way to do do a 'cp' like a 'mkdir -p' on a file?

[Igor Birman]

How about

`rsync -R /my/server/username/projects/file.txt .`

Igor





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From: Brandon Saxe <brandon20va at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:46:49 AM
Subject: [Novalug] Is there a way to do do a 'cp' like a 'mkdir -p' on a file?


I am trying to make it so I can copy a single file (or a directory), but basically a single source and create it's entire path wherever I am copying it to.

I want to be able to do something like this (assume I'm in /home/user):

`cp --some-special-option /my/server/username/projects/file.txt .`

and end up with 
/home/user/my/server/username/projects/file.txt

without having to first create the parent directories, and all in one command line.

Is there a way to do this?

I'm thinking there might be a way by using tar/untar and running through pipes, but want to know if there is an easier way.

What I'm trying to achieve is a super simple way to 'checkout' a file from another location (with paths intact) without using any sort of repository. I want plain filesystems only.

Thanks,
  Brandon
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