Hi Chuck. How do you mv it so that the directory doesn't get omitted? As an example, I was trying to move an entire directory tree from Cd to hard disk (/usr/src). My syntax was something like this: mv /mnt/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/source /usr/src. This should work under Dos, but doesn't seem to work under Linux. Just to make sure, I added a *.* before the /usr/src. In both cases, I get a message like: mv: directory has been omitted. And it doesn't move anything. In this example, I'm not saying that I am trying to do this, although I did try it before. Basically, what would be the syntax to move a directory tree? Let's say I created a tempdir for a tar archive and untarred it. And it created a dir in /temp, therefore the tree would be /temp/package. Let's say I want to move /package to /usr/local. Also, package has subdirs that I want to have moved as well. What would be the syntax to move package to /usr/local and all subdirs? ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Hallenbeck <hallenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: Re: trplayer and realplayer > Hi Igor - > > I have had that problem too. On my Slackware system the "less" > command is installed in such a way that it automatically shows > the files contained in a tar archive. The first file listed will > be a directory if the archive will be one that creates its own > directory. > > If your "less" will not do that, you can always create a > temporary directory and untar the thing in there. If it does > create its own directory under your temporary one, you can just > "mv" the thing to where you want it. > > HTH - Chuck > > > > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waning Crescent (17% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
