> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 January 2007 16:15 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Adding a new HDD - how do I move /var/lib/mysql ? > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:02:02 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:20:57PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > >Ln -s /var/lib/mysql /mnt/hdx/mysql > > > > > Not really. If you make a link (soft or hard) you get one file/dir with > two names and/or locations. Any changes made through the link will be in > fact done to the file/dir itself. If you change one copy of a file/dir > the other copy will not change and the space occupied is (almost) > double.
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