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.
Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic, Oct 1-3 San Francisco, Oct 15-17 Dallas, Dec 9-11 Honolulu - 2003 Hotsos Symposium on OracleR System Performance, Feb 9-12 Dallas - Next event: NCOAUG Training Day, Aug 16 Chicago -----Original Message----- Ruggerie Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 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 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Debra Ruggerie INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Cary Millsap INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
