Not sure about hardlinks, but symlinks and file permissions, etc would all be preserved using tar or cpio to do the copy. Rsync is another option as well. To copy using tar: cd /src/dir; tar cf - . | ( cd /dest/dir && tar xvf - ) To copy using cpio: cd /src/dir; find . | cpio -pvumd /dest/dir To copy using rsync: rsync -avu -S /src/dir /dest/dir -Steve -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bj Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:27 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: moving some directories to the New partition but still preservingthe links Hi ! I have Red Hat 8 on a intel P 4 machine with 512 MB memory . Thanks to all , I was able to partition my 60 GB hard drive creating extended drives . Now I want to move some of directories under my root to my extended partition that has already been formatted with mkfs.ext3. I have got the procedure to move /tmp and /var to their own shared partition . I want to move /usr , /applications , /backup , /home , misc , /proc , /tmp . I want to mount /dev/hda5 as /usr & /dev/hda6 as /home or what ever most suitable . But my greatest worry is how to make sure that the previously installed applications work after the move . How to preserve the symbolic & hard links as files are moved across different partitions. Please advice if it is possible to do a successful move of some of the directories under / and still preserve the links and make the applications work. Thanks in advance , cheers, bj My root directory structure is as ffs :- applications backup bin boot dev etc home initrd lib lost+found misc mnt opt proc root sbin tftpboot tmp usr var -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
