Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 10:43:52 -0700 From: gregm@netidea.com To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199904171739.KAA08659@everest.netidea.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904171026460.20337-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <199904171647.JAA05637@everest.netidea.com>
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Thanks very much ... I apologise for the anomaly in the mail I sent. I'm scripting a "mini-mta" in tcl/tk and obviously have a lot of work to do on it yet. Greg. > Bplease don't bcc: to mailing lists. Thanks. > > On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Greg Martin wrote: > > > Reply to:Greg Martin<gregm@netidea.com> > > Subject: rm /var :/var busy? > > > > I've just installed 2.2.8 and am trying to move /var > > to /usr/var. Each time I get to the point of rm -rf /var > > (from /) but I'm told /var is busy. I've tried as a > > single user and I've tried killing everything in sight > > (I didn't use any options so a few processes resisted) > > but to no avail. I remember when I installed 2.2.6 I had > > to sneak up behind /var but was able to succeed. Any > > suggestions, hints, etc.? > > The system logs, etc. are in use. Shut down to single user mode then do > the move. Note that /var is a mount point, you'll have to unmount the > filesystem instead of rm-ing it. Don't forget to update /etc/fstab! > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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