Lemme recap to make sure I'm understanding, then restate my suggestion. You want motion to store files at ~/data/motion instead of /var/lib/motion without editing the motion.conf file (why can't you just modify the config and make it easy?). As it stands now, you currently have data in /var/lib/motion, and ~/data/motion does not exist I assume. I guess you could combine moving the data at the same time, as such:
1. Stop the motion service/process 2. Move the /var/lib/motion directory to ~/data/ 3. Create a symlink at /var/lib/motion to point to ~/data/motion 4. Restart the motion service/process Jeremiah Bess On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 7:06 AM fugee ohu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 9:00:49 AM UTC-5, Network Ninja wrote: >> >> Stop motion, rename the existing directory, create the new directory and >> symlink, then restart motion. >> >> Jeremiah Bess >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 6:58 AM fugee ohu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have two directories that already exist, A and B I want the operating >>> system to read and write to B as if it were A If A didn't exist, I could >>> create a soft symlink named A but since A exists I can't How do I do this? >>> In actuality I'm trying to make the motion app store files in ~/data/motion >>> instead of /var/lib/motion without changing motion config >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules >>> ) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Linux Users Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> > Why create a new directory A symlink can just point to a directory without > really existing > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Linux Users Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
