On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 08:41:06AM +1200, Cameron Beattie wrote: > I would like to move a directory from one petition to another. For example > /dev/sdb1 is mounted on /. > I would like to move directory /etc to /dev/sda2. > > Could anyone offer advice on the easiest way to achieve this? > > I have had a look at dd but that seems to allow for copying files or an > entire device, not a directory. > > Many thanks > > Cameron Something like this should work: Let us assume that /dev/sda2 is mounted on /sda2 cd / tar cf - ./etc | (cd /sda2; tar xf -) -- ======================================================================= What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play. -- WOP, "War Games" ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
