From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 10 18:37:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555A916A4CE for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:37:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pigeon.infotechfl.com (mailrelay.infotechfl.com [209.251.147.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 946BA43D2D for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:37:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gmulder@infotechfl.com) Received: from garymulder ([172.20.0.75]) by pigeon.infotechfl.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i7AIbAF24443; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:37:18 -0400 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20040810142800.00b908d0@mail.infotechfl.com> X-Sender: gmulder@mail.infotechfl.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:37:10 -0400 To: boxend@redtick.homeunix.com (Mark) From: Gary Mulder In-Reply-To: <200408101750.i7AHowN00494@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200408101500.i7AF0FnR029952@redtick.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linking X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:37:54 -0000 > >Say you want to move /usr/local to live in /muz, where you have scads of >space. Do the following. > (I have my own naming convention that helps me keep track of things > you can name things as you like - but try to be mnemonic). or alternatively do (and preferably from single user mode, with a "mount -a" to mount all of the fs): cd /usr tar cf - ./local | (cd /muz; tar xf -) find ./local -type f -exec cksum {} \; > /var/tmp/cksums_usr cd /muz find ./local -type f -exec cksum {} \; > /var/tmp/cksums_muz diff /var/tmp/cksums_* (the cksum output files should be identical...) rm -r /usr/local ln -s /muz/local /usr/local Gary -- Gary Mulder Info Tech, Inc. 5700 SW 34th Street, Suite 1235 Phone: (352) 381-4400 Gainesville, FL 32608 Fax: (352) 381-4444