This is probably easier done with copy/paste in the finder. Generally, the "mv"
command does not work accross partitions, though it is possible that it has
been extended to do that.
If you want to copy the files then use
cp -R source destination
You might want to add the "force" option which if I remember correctly is the
lower case f. BTW, the R for recursion is a upper case R.
Once the copy is confirmed, using rm -R directory1 directory2 directory3
will remove the directories, again the r is capitalized.
If you are moving from one computer to another the rsync command might help.
Note that all of these commands have man pages and that the man pages are
available either on your computer or the web.
Jonathan
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Jun 7, 2021, at 13:05, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, it’s an external drive. Also, I should’ve specified that I want to move
> a few entire folders and their contents. These are going from my dying IMac
> to my external drive…
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cait
>
>
>> On Jun 7, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>> Is the old drive on the same Mac?
>> /A
>>
>>> 7 juni 2021 kl. 18:37 skrev Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What is the terminal command for moving files from one volume to another?
>>>
>>> I know there is “mv” in there, but don’t remember the spaces and other
>>> stuff..
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cait
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