moving directories in FreeBSD

[antik]

If you think that you can move directories to their new location with command:

# mv /source/path /destination/dir

then you'll got error message:

mv: rename /source/path to /destination/dir: Directory not empty

Yes, you can't do it just like that. One solution is to use cpio:

# cd /source/path
# find . | cpio -p -dmvu /destination/dir

[Solarin]

Or:

mv /source/path/* /destination/dir/

[marc]

Isn`t it TOO COMPLICATED? unnecessarily ...

cp -R /source/subdir /dest/subdir && rm -R /source/subdir

I think it`s more "-h" like ...
but that`s just my way of dealing with CLI, maybe not that efficient.
It fits my needs anyway ... :idea:

[marc]

Or:

Code:

mv /source/path/* /destination/dir/

That`s even better.