Re: [aur-general] "install" recursive?

2011/11/29 Jonathan Steel

Hi,

I was told it was best practice to use "install" rather than "mkdir" and "cp" in a PKGBUILD, but how can you copy a directory and its contents (recursively) using "install"?

If you cannot, with a folder with lots of files, is it best practice to list every file to copy with "install", or use one command to "cp" the whole folder?

Thanks,

Jonathan

I used to combine find and install together to accomplish that. For example: find . -type d -exec install -d {,${pkgdir}/opt/xmail/}{} \; find . -type f -exec install -D -m 644 {,${pkgdir}/opt/xmail/}{} \;