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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2006 10:29:24 +0200
From:      Nils Vogels <nivo+sender+6075ff@yuckfou.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Move /var/imap
Message-ID:  <446598E4.3030303@yuckfou.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060513082657.GS31586@saturn.pcs.ms>
References:  <20060513082657.GS31586@saturn.pcs.ms>

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Martin Schweizer wrote on 13-05-2006 10:26:
> Hello 
>
> I want move /var/imap to another place because not enough space (I did move 
> /var/spool/imap successfully). When I cp /var/imap cp says: "cp: 
> imap/socket/idle: Operation not supported" and "cp: imap/socket/lmtp: 
> Operation not supported". I now there is a problem with unix sockets from 
> cyrus imap but I did not found a solution until yet. What can I do?
>   
Use tar or cpio to copy over the directory, including special files,
timestamps and permissions:

tar cf - /source/dir ; ( cd /target/dir ; tar xf -)

HTH & HAND!

Nils.



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