Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 22:13:10 -0400 From: John <papalia@udel.edu> To: Tyler Spivey <tyler@wapvi.bc.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000610221109.00ab8470@mail.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <200006110204.TAA19789@viper.wapvi.bc.ca>
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>ok, i got to single user.. if i move around /var, how do i copy its >contents? if i umount it everything >disappears so i can't mv it .. what should i do? am i s.o.l? Instead of mv, try: umask 0000 cp -Rp /var/* /usr/var That should copy over all files without changing their permissions. Then umount it and do whatever you want with it (assuming you want to remove the filesystem and then create a symlink from /var to /usr/var ?) Good luck, John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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