RE: Moving a Directory Across File Systems -- Unix

> kwikhak:
>
> <shut down oracle>
> cd $srcdir;
> ls -ld $destdir; # convince yourself it exists.
> find . | cpio -pdv $destdir;
> <eyeball the results, if it seems clean then
> fry $destdir and symlink the results back>.

I would use 'find . | cpio -pdlmv $destdir (note use of 'l' flag will make sure that linked files remain linked. Otherwise linked files may get physically copied, resulting in broken links...

John

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