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On 2002.08.09 19:48 Cary Millsap wrote:
> Look up "cp -R" (read the output of 'man cp' first). Used correctly,
> this will do the recursive copy that you need. Then you can "rm -rf" the
> old stuff after you copy it. CAREFUL!!! Read the man pages first.
>
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> Cary Millsap
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> -----Original Message-----
> Ruggerie
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:23 PM
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> I need to free about 600 MB of space on a Unix file system so that I can
> create an export dump file of a database. Our sys admin is out of the
> office and I am trying to move a directory (it contains sub-directories)
> across file systems. According to the manual I have, mvdir only works
> within a file system; and I cannot find a command to copy a directory.
> Is
> there a way to do this??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Debbie Ruggerie, DBA
> University of Great Falls
> Great Falls, Montana
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