Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 11:01:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Justin C. Sherrill" <jsherri1@rochester.rr.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: moving /var Message-ID: <14740.9056.456422.948160@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <81018459@toto.iv>
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Justin C. Sherrill writes: > What should I be doing to get /usr/var to be only a directory in the (much > larger) /var, without mangling my computer again? Shut down to single user mode (just to make sure nothing muck with /usr/var while you're mucking with it), then do the standard thing one does to move a directory full of stuff: # mkdr /var/usr # (cd /usr/var; tar cf - .) | (cd /var/usr; tar xpf -) # rm -rf /usr/var And finally provide a symlink so that old programs can find the new location: # ln -s /var/usr /usr/var However, I note that my -current system doesn't have a /usr/var, nor does the hier man page talk about it. You might check what's in it to see if you really need it. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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