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Is there a single linux command that will move a directory and its contents to a different physical location, i.e. into another directory?
yes, of course - probably mv is what you're looking for.
The mv command doesn't care whether the object you wish to move/rename is a single file or a directory.
yes, just "mv directory new_directory". nothing fancy at all.
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Originally Posted by Doc CPU
Hi there,
yes, of course - probably mv is what you're looking for.
The mv command doesn't care whether the object you wish to move/rename is a single file or a directory.
[X] Doc CPU
That's what I tried, and it did this
Code:
~/Films/The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) DVD9 $mv . /media/500gb/Films
mv: inter-device move failed: `.' to `/media/500gb/Films/.'; unable to remove target: Is a directory
~/Films/The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) DVD9 $mv '.' /media/500gb/Films/
mv: inter-device move failed: `.' to `/media/500gb/Films/.'; unable to remove target: Is a directory
~/Films/The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) DVD9 $mv "." /media/500gb/Films/
mv: inter-device move failed: `.' to `/media/500gb/Films/.'; unable to remove target: Is a directory
you can't move the directory you are in, as calling it "." means that the destination will be "." in the destination directory, which IS the directory itself, which makes no sense.
Last edited by acid_kewpie; 12-04-2011 at 01:14 PM.
you can't move the directory you are in, as calling it "." means that the destination will be "." in the destination directory, which IS the directory itself, which makes no sense.
Thanks, got it now. It has to be like so, from a different directory
Code:
mv "/home/g/Films/The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) DVD9" /media/500gb/Films/
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