AIX

Hi All,

please help me with the command for moving/copying one directory(including subdirectories) to one directory in another mount point in same server in AIX ...


thanksss

Recursive Copying by preserving ownership & permissions:-

Code:

cp -pr source_dir destination_dir

Or you can use tar for copying:-

Code:

tar cfp source_dir.tar source_dir
cd destination_dir
tar xvfp source_dir.tar

I don't think your tar commands will work unless you move the f option to the end of the group so that it's immediately followed by the archive filename.

You could also just pipe from one tar into another, avoiding the storage overhead of creating a third copy of the hierarchy. However, with regard to archivers, using pax would be simpler than tar:

Code:

pax -rw src dest

Regards,
Alister

Generally I just type a command at the command line doing:

Code:

$ cd old; find . | backup -if - | (cd /some/where/new; restore -xqf -)

Moving and copying aren't the same thing. If you want to move the directory you simply need to use the mv command.

Quite right, mv is not cp - but the question was for moving/copying. And when I am moving across filesystems I prefer to copy, and remove later. Saves a lot of hassle when it turns out there is not enough space to receive the "copy". Under the covers, when crossing filesystems mv does a copy followed by remove.

btw: I do not recommend using tar as transport, and would need to verify commands like cpio. Reason? Tar is not quaranteed to retain sparse file information whereas backup|restore will.

Thanks All for your support and Help