At 13:45 -0400 7/30/02, Rahadul Kabir wrote: >hi all, > I'm running mysql 3.22 on my RaQ2 system. mysql was installed >and configured on /var dir. but now that the databases are growing >system is running out of disk space. So I decided to change the >datadir=/home/mysql >then I tried to move the mysql databases using following command being a > >root >mv /var/lib/mysql/* /home/mysql/ -R > >but I get the following messages >[root admin]# mv /var/lib/mysql/* /home/mysql/ -R >mv: invalid option -- R >Try `mv --help' for more information.
Not all versions of mv support -R (and normally it would go before your pathnames, anyway). If your cp supports -R, you could use that and then delete the originals. Or else you might try using tar in a pipeline: cd /var/lib/mysql tar cf - . | (cd /home/mysql; tar xf -) >can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong or provide me with a >solution to this problem. oh and if I don't use the -R option then I get > >error as the files under /var/lib/mysql/ are not regular files. >please help. thanks so much. sorry about my bad English. > >rahad --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
