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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com>
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Subject: Moving *directories*, like sbin, root, of / to /usr (was Re:
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in message <6.2.0.14.0.20050107074632.03093500@mail.face2interface.com>,
wrote Marty Landman thusly...
>
> Let's say I want to
> 
> mv /sbin /usr/sbin
> mv /root /usr/root
> 
> How problematic can this become?

You should know there already is one /usr/sbin ... which will be
late if you had already mv(1)'d as root w/o -i option.

You should not have any problems moving /root to elsewhere other
than those related to mount & single user, well, use.


  - Parv

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