Moving directory

preetham.66666 · 03-16-2015, 03:37 AM

Hi,

I have copied directories from one server to another. that is server A /data to server B /data by mistake i created directory /data and copied now in server B its created like /data/data

I want to move /data/data to /data and need to delete /data/data Please help it has huge data (12TB).

when i tried i am getting below message

mv /data/data/* /data/*
mv: `/data/data/delete-dv3.sh' and `/data/data/delete-dv3.sh' are the same file

evo2 · 03-16-2015, 03:59 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by preetham.66666

when i tried i am getting below message

Code:

mv /data/data/* /data/*
mv: `/data/data/delete-dv3.sh' and `/data/data/delete-dv3.sh' are the same file

You shouldn't have shell glob "*" in the target. Eg, try:

Code:

mv /data/data/* /data/
rmdir /data/data

Evo2.

preetham.66666 · 03-16-2015, 04:04 AM

Hi Evo2,

I am getting below message

mv: cannot move `/data/data/data' to a subdirectory of itself, `/data/data'

evo2 · 03-16-2015, 04:14 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by preetham.66666

I am getting below message

mv: cannot move `/data/data/data' to a subdirectory of itself, `/data/data'

There are various solutions. Eg

Code:

mv /data/data /data/data.tmp
mv /data/data.tmp/* /data/
rmdir /data/data.tmp

Where "/data/data.tmp" is just some name for which there is no corresponding "/data/data/data.tmp"

Evo2.

pan64 · 03-16-2015, 05:54 AM

you can do the following (or something similar) too:

Code:

mv /data/data /data2
rmdir /data
mv /data2 /data

evo2 · 03-16-2015, 04:10 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

you can do the following (or something similar) too:

Code:

mv /data/data /data2
rmdir /data
mv /data2 /data

Need to be a little careful here: the OP says this is 12T and presumably /data is a separate partition.

Evo2.