install command in OSX and directory structure

Question

I need to copy a few files to another directory. The source structure is as follows

src/foo1.h
src/foo2.h
src/bar/foobar.h

I need to copy these so they end up here

/usr/include/foo/foo1.h
/usr/include/foo/foo2.h
/usr/include/foo/bar/foobar.h

In Linux I use cp -u --parents *.h bar/*.h /usr/include/foo from src, which works great. However, I can't find a suitable replacement in Mac OSX - cp doesn't support parents or an equivalent option, and install supports -d which is supposed to preserve the structure, but gives me the following error: install: foo1.h exists but it's not a directory

I'm stuck. Any ideas?

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3474329/how-to-emulate-cp-and-mv-parent-on-osx — stuartd, Mar 29 '11 at 15:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '11 at 15:51

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You could use rsync, e.g.

rsync -a ./src/ /usr/include/foo/ --include \*/ --include \*.h --exclude \*

BTW, you probably don't want to install stuff to /usr/include, as it may well get clobbered by system updates. Consider using e.g. /usr/local/include instead.

answered Mar 29 '11 at 15:51

Paul R

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Definitely use /usr/local/include, not /usr/include. – LaC Mar 29 '11 at 16:30

install command in OSX and directory structure

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