[vox-tech] Copying/ Moving Large number of files

[Jan W]

I would 'cp' them then remove originals.  'mv' will be fine, if it's all in the same mounted filesystem.  If you're crossing filesystem boundaries, it's usually safer to cp then delete original.  At least, that has had the most luck for me.

--cheers

jan

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--- On Thu, 12/11/08, ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon) <ALLO at novozymes.com> wrote:

> From: ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon) <ALLO at novozymes.com>
> Subject: [vox-tech] Copying/ Moving Large number of files
> To: "vox-tech" <vox-tech at lists.lugod.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 1:48 PM
> Hi,
> 
> I need to move a large number of directories whose size
> ranges from 1GB to 6 GB (multiple files ~400mb each) between
> two NFS partitions.  Which is the safest way to do it?  Will
> "mv dir1 /bla/bla/bla/dir1" will suffice?  The
> data is extremely valuable and I will hate to lose it during
> the process, should I do "copy" {cp -r dir1
> /bla/bla/bla/dir1} instead and then remove the originals?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> Alfredo Lopez
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