file systems

[Charles C. Bennett, Jr.]

> > I have a user who has filled up their home directory.
> > How can I change the location of this to another disk?
> 
> Move the directory to another partition with more space.  The create a
> link from /home to where they ended up.
> 
> mv /home/username /otherplace
> cd /home
> ln -s /otherplace/username username
> 
> Looks good I hope?

Pretty close.  If /otherplace is on another filesystem, 'mv' won't
work.

cd home
tar cf - username | (cd /otherplace && tar xvf -)
mv username ,username && rm -rf ,username &
ln -s /otherplace/username .


ccb


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