On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 12:34:39PM -0800, Tony Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I would like to rename a large directory without a copy taking place.
| (i dont have disk space for both directories to exist at the same time)
| the command:
| mv olddir newdir
| makes newdir first and copies all the files from olddir into it.
Hmm. It certainly should not unless olddir and newdir are on different
filesystems (which I presume they're not or your description of the
space situation wouldn't apply). It _should_ simply rename the top
directory.
Can you describe your situation in more detail (full pathnames, df
outputs etc?)
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