You might want to be sure to double verify that fact nothing is accessing that directory using lsof ex: lsof | grep backup
-- Armando Cerna [email protected] On Mon, Jan 16, 2017, at 08:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I wish to rename the directory "/backup" to "/backup.new". > > / is on a 452G partition with 54% in use. > / is owned by root. > /backup is owned by normal user "rh". > > The command "$ mv /backup/ /newbackup/" fails with " cannot move ... > Permission denied". > > The command "# mv /backup/ /newbackup/" fails with "cannot move ... > Device > or resource busy". > > No application and no terminal window is looking at / or at /backup . > > What am I overlooking? > > RH > >
