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From: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
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On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 08:56 +0800, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> From: Marc
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:29 AM
> 
> > Yes it works on files but not on subdirectories
> 
> Then I think Darren's suggestion is what you expect: write a install script which
> contains all the tricks you want (subdirectory, *, ...), and then have do_install
> invoke that script directly...

Its not something I'd encourage but you could just do a cp -r (recursive
copy). You would then need to be careful about owners and permissions
though (which is why you'll see install being used most often).

Cheers,

Richard