moving files between partitions

Just a issue a 'mv' command.

mv target destination

cd fromdir; tar cf - . | (cd todir; tar xfBp -)

or

cp -pr

Hi,

1. If you need to move a lot of data contained in nested subdirectories, then the best way is to tar the entire directory (with all the subdirectories maintained as is) before moving them. When untarred, the directory structure is maintained.

2. If the move is across the network and if the amount of data is large and if the move must be done during work hours then tarring is the best way. If you have a slow network or a busy network, this is a must do, and no longer an otion.

3. Use the verbose option to monitor the progress:
tar -cvf /tmp/ ./

Be sure the destination directory have enough disk space before tarring (I always use /tmp)

Confucius

Since old SunOS days, dump and restore are the best option to keep all attributes, including access/modify times, hard AND symbolic links, owner, group and permissions. Nowadays they are called ufsdump and ufsrestore. Try this:

cd to_dir ; ufsdump 0f - from_dir | ufsrestore 0f -