From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 20:26:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969B816A49E for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:26:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7940343CAA for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:25:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kB1KNrnI011525; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:23:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id kB1KNq3v011524; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:23:52 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:23:52 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Philip Hallstrom Message-ID: <20061201202352.GD11235@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <001a01c7157d$cb9feee0$d5b9bfcf@lisac> <20061201141929.G77687@bravo.pjkh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061201141929.G77687@bravo.pjkh.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lisa Casey Subject: Re: Moving /var/mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:26:19 -0000 On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:22:01PM -0600, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > >I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to > >/usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of > >course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to > >try a dry run using a user home directory first to make sure this would > >work right. Good thing I did... > > I'm a little confused... if you want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail > why are you messing around with /home at all? That is just her test case, not the real one she wants to do after she is comfortable with the process. ////jerry > > This is what I would do... > > ... stop your smtp program > ... stop your pop/imap program > tar zcvpf /tmp/varmail.tpgz /var/mail > mkdir -p /usr/var > mv /var/mail /usr/var/mail > ln -s /usr/var/mail /var/mail > ... restart your smtp/pop/imap programs... > > > > > > > > >I created /usr/kellyw and attempted to copy the contents of > >/home/kellyw/ to it. First of all, I tried tar cvpf /usr/kellyw/kellyw.tar > >/home/kellyw/ > > > >When I unpack the tar file, I wind up with /usr/kellyw/home/kellyw/* Not > >what I wanted. I wanted all of the files in /home/kellyw/ to wind up in > >/usr/kellyw/ > > > >So I then tried to just copy the files using cp -p but I can't get the > >syntax right on that: > > > ># cd /home/kellyw > ># ls -l > >total 16 > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 767 Aug 18 14:52 .cshrc > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 248 Aug 18 14:52 .login > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 158 Aug 18 14:52 .login_conf > >-rw------- 1 kellyw kellyw 373 Aug 18 14:52 .mail_aliases > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 331 Aug 18 14:52 .mailrc > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 797 Aug 18 14:52 .profile > >-rw------- 1 kellyw kellyw 276 Aug 18 14:52 .rhosts > >-rw-r--r-- 1 kellyw kellyw 975 Aug 18 14:52 .shrc > ># cp -p /home/kellyw/* /usr/kellyw/* > >cp: No match. > ># cp -p /home/kellyw/ /usr/kellyw/ > >cp: /home/kellyw/ is a directory (not copied). > ># cp -p /home/kellyw/*.* /usr/kellyw/*.* > >cp: No match. > > > >Can someone help me out with my syntax? The tar method would probably be > >better (I guess) though I don't really care which method I use as long as > >it works (and preserves permissions, etc.). There are only about 60 > >mailboxes on this system. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Lisa Casey > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"