From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 10 19:17:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE77D37B8F4 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:17:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.88.5]) by mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000611021719.RBFZ381.mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 03:17:19 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA65064; Sun, 11 Jun 2000 03:17:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 03:17:21 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Tyler Spivey Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var Message-ID: <20000611031720.P233@parish> References: <200006110204.TAA19789@viper.wapvi.bc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200006110204.TAA19789@viper.wapvi.bc.ca>; from tyler@wapvi.bc.ca on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:04:03PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:04:03PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > 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? > You need to umount(8) /var to delete it and make the link. Copy the contents before umount(8)'ing it: # cp -R /var /usr # umount /var # rmdir /var # ln -s /usr/var /var Don't forget to comment out the /var entry in /etc/fstab > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Want a lean, mean, computing machine? Get rid of that FAT - install FreeBSD ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message