16 Jun
2003
16 Jun
'03
11:50 a.m.
On 15-Jun-03 Richard Kettlewell wrote:
"Ian Douglas" alug@k1ngph1cher.com writes:
[snip]
In detail:
cd /old/usr mv * ../ # mv .* ../ # if there are any dotfiles in /usr, which is unlikely
^^^
A slight oops! here. Better is to write mv .??* .. otherwise you may find that you are trying to move . and .. as well, particularly if you are root. I still wear the scars of this one, even after 20 years messing with Unix.
cd /
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