On 2005-03-04 22:13, Joachim Dagerot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion.
You're welcome, but *please* do not post replies _before_ the text to which you reply. It's extremely annoying to read the reply then. >>> The best suggestion was from >>> http://badgertronics.com/knowledge/one.adp?parent=25: >>> >>> To move /tmp/blarg to /var: >>> % cd /tmp >>> % tar cvf - blarg | (cd /var; tar xf -) >>> [...] >>> How do you guys move around your directory structures from prompt? >> >>I have used the following many times, with very good results: >> >> # cd /source/path >> # find . | cpio -p -dmvu /destination/dir > > Unfortunately your commands will not affect the root folder of the > hierarchy. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "affect the root folder". > I must create a directory in the destination path with the same name > of the folder where my data is in. example: > > /home/user/level1/l2/l3/l4 > > I would like to move level1 to a new location: > > mvdir /home/user/level1 /root/ > > That would be awsome! You can do the moving in two steps: 1. Copy the directory level1 to /root/level1 2. Delete the original. These steps can easily be done with: 1. # cd /home/user/level1 # find . | cpio -p -dmvu /root/level1 2. # cd /home/user # rm -fr level1 The -dmu options to cpio are important. See the cpio manpage for details. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
