Brynet wrote: > STeve Andre wrote: >> For simple large files, is there a faster way to move them rather >> than using mv? I have a lot of large files (>10G) that need to be >> rearranged on which disk they reside on. > > If the files are on the same partition, mv(1) or ln(1) will be almost > instantanous.. otherwise just cp(1) and rm(1).
I usually go for "rsync -a --remove-sent-files src/ dst/" when crossing filesystem borders, since that one is restartable if it gets interrupted in the middle. mv(1)s are not.
