I would 'cp' them then remove originals. 'mv' will be fine, if it's all in the
same mounted filesystem. If you're crossing filesystem boundaries, it's
usually safer to cp then delete original. At least, that has had the most luck
for me.
--cheers
jan
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--- On Thu, 12/11/08, ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon) <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon) <[email protected]>
> Subject: [vox-tech] Copying/ Moving Large number of files
> To: "vox-tech" <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 1:48 PM
> Hi,
>
> I need to move a large number of directories whose size
> ranges from 1GB to 6 GB (multiple files ~400mb each) between
> two NFS partitions. Which is the safest way to do it? Will
> "mv dir1 /bla/bla/bla/dir1" will suffice? The
> data is extremely valuable and I will hate to lose it during
> the process, should I do "copy" {cp -r dir1
> /bla/bla/bla/dir1} instead and then remove the originals?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
>
>
> Best Regards
> Alfredo Lopez
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