Make sure that /my/dir.new does not already exist, or use another name, then very
carefully:
mv /my/dir/dir /my/dir.new
rmdir /my/dir
mv /my/dir.new /my/dir
I would probably do an ls command at each step to make sure it worked, even though if
any of these commands fail the following commands would also fail.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcy Cortes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Command to move everything up a directory
I need a mv incantation to move everything up a directory, i.e. change:
/my/dir/dir/files to
/my/dir/files
Thanks in advance,
Marcy Cortes
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