Hi,
There is no short answer for a question as general as you've
asked.
In Linux the structure one moves files between is called
a directory. When you installed fedora for instance, you
were asked where to install the root directory. When you
first logged in as a non-root user you were in the
/home/<username> directory.
If you have gnome or kde as your desktop gui I think you'll
find drag and drop between open filemanager windows
much the same as in windows. To use the command line the basic
command is "mv" If you wished to move a file called "file"
between a directory with its mount point /dir1 on hard disk
"hda" to a directory /dir2 mounted on "hdb" The "hdx" names
are not used. At the prompt one enters:
#mv /dir1/file /dir2/
and to rename while moving
#mv /dir1/file /dir2/newname
Note that the where the directories themselves are mounted
will determine if the file moves from one physical hard drive
to another.
You can view the mount points several ways..perhaps the easiest
at a terminal is
#cat /etc/fstab
My fstab looks like this
Code:
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb5 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb6 /spare reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda5 /nemo1 ext2 defaults,user 1 2
/dev/hda6 /nemo2 ext2 defaults,user 1 2
/dev/hda7 /nemo3 ext2 defaults,user 1 2
/dev/hda1 /XP ntfs ro 1 0
/dev/hda2 /fat-e vfat defaults,unmask=000 1 0
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrecorder auto noauto,user,unhide 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /mnt/ramfs tmpfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
Where the first col is the physical device, the second is the
mount point. The directory /home is mounted on physical
device hdb on partition 5 I.E., hdb5
Most distributions come with some basic docs, and if you google things like "linux commands" info is plentiful.
I hope this helps
--Lawrence
