1) rsync: rsync -av /usr/ /usrnew
It will preserve everything.. easy
2) Just use 'mv' .. mv /usr /usrold mv /usrnew /usr ..
it's just a rename..
3) rsync -avn /usr /usrnew
Would show you what rsync would do - but not really do it (the -n option)...
but there may be better ways to get what you want here -- I'm sure others
will kick in.
Scott
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Slaughter, Dale <dslaugh...@aegonusa.com>wrote:
> To increase the size of /usr, the VM guys have added a disk for me, which
> has been formatted and mounted as /usrnew. I then ran the command "cp -Rv
> --preserve /usr/* /usrnew" as root from the "/" directory'. However, the
> USED space is different - 1.9G for /usr and 2.1G for /usrnew. I've looked
> on the web, and see that some recommend using switches -dpr or -a also.
> Using the --preserve switch kept the file/directory dates, but the dates on
> the symlink's were today's date.
>
>
> output of "df -h":
>
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/dasdb1 1.2G 158M 1016M 14% /
> udev 184M 200K 184M 1% /dev
> /dev/dasda1 69M 14M 52M 21% /boot
> /dev/dasdh1 2.3G 85M 2.3G 4% /home
> /dev/dasdg1 1.2G 843M 331M 72% /opt
> /dev/dasdc1 2.3G 1.9G 366M 84% /usr
> /dev/dasdd1 1.1G 321M 713M 32% /var
> /dev/mapper/tmpvg-tmpvol
> 14G 98M 14G 1% /tmp
> /dev/dasdq1 2.3G 33M 2.3G 2% /unused
> /dev/dasdp1 4.6G 2.1G 2.6G 45% /usrnew
>
>
>
> Snippet of "mount":
>
> /dev/dasdc1 on /usr type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr)
> /dev/dasdp1 on /usrnew type reiserfs (rw,acl,user_xattr)
>
>
>
>
>
> Question 1. Is "cp" to correct command to do the copy, and if so what are
> the correct switches? Beside keeping the symlinks, I'd also want to copy
> any files that start with ".", and any other file types I may not be aware
> of. I also considered using "tar" to backup and restore the files, and
> possibly "rsync".
>
> Question 2. I then want to rename the /usr directory to /usrold , and then
> rename /usrnew to /usr, and then I will update fstab and reboot. What is
> the correct way to do the two renames above - is it the "mv" command, and if
> so what switches would I want to use so I copy all files types and preserve
> dates, permissions, etc.?
>
> Question 3. Is there a command that will compare /usr and /usrnew for
> differences, or that will show number of files and exact space used?
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of
> |Mark Post
> |Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:00 PM
> |To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
> |Subject: Re: SLES 10 SP2 upgrade to SLES 10 SP3 error
> |
> |>>> On 1/4/2010 at 5:36 PM, "Slaughter, Dale" <dslaugh...@aegonusa.com>
> |wrote:
> |-snip-
> |> What is the solution to this problem?
> |
> |You need to add more space to /usr, or remove enough packages (that
> |contain files in /usr).
> |
> |
> |Mark Post
> |
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