add note about license
[small-misc-bash] / dircp
1 #!/bin/bash
2 # I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
3 # https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
4 # recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
5 # Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
6 # programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
7 # its license to GPL.
8
9 # Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
10
11 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
12 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
13 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
14
15 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
16
17 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
18 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
19 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
20 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
21 # limitations under the License.
22
23
24 dircp() {
25 local help="Usage: dircp [-h|--help] DIR TARGET
26 Copy a directory structure
27 Doesn't overwrite any existing files."
28 case $1 in
29 -h|--help) echo "$help"; return ;;
30 esac
31 [[ $# == 2 ]] || { echo "error: need 2 arguments, got $@"; return 1; }
32 [[ -d $1 ]] || { echo "error: $1 is not a directory"; return 1; }
33 if [[ -e $2 && ! -d $2 ]]; then
34 echo "error: $2 exists and is not a directory"
35 return 1
36 fi
37 while read -rd ''; do
38 mkdir -p "$2/$REPLY"
39 done < <(find "$1" -type d -printf '%P\0')
40 }
41 dircp "$@"