topic Re: moving directory in Operating System - HP-UX

moving directory

hp admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:42:38 GMT

Hi all,

I have two directory: test and test1

I want to change the name of the first one "test" to "test1", but the command "mv" transfert "test" directory into "test1".

Please any help.

Re: moving directory

hp admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:43:08 GMT

Please without, changing the name of "test1" directory.

Re: moving directory

Alex Lavrov. — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:53:00 GMT

I don't think I understood the question.

You want test to be renamed to test1? But you can't have two directories with the same name in same location ....

Re: moving directory

Peter Godron — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:53:07 GMT

Hi,
can you please confirm:
two directories (test and test1)
you want to rename the test dir to test1
what uis to happen with any data in test1?

otherwise:
rm -r test1
mv test test1

Regards

Re: moving directory

hp admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:05:04 GMT

Thanks for anwsers,

We suppose that all directories are empty.

Here what I do not to launch:

mv test1 toto
mv test test1

I search a command that rename test to test1 whitout renaming the test1 directory.

Re: moving directory

Alex Lavrov. — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:08:38 GMT

But again, you can't rename test into test1 if you already have test1 at the same location you have test ....

The only way to it, it's to remove test1 or to rename it.

Re: moving directory

Peter Godron — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:17:10 GMT

hp admin,
if your directories are empty you can remove the temp1 directory and then mv (rename) the test directory to test1.
Start situation, directories:
test test1
conmmand: rm test1

This leaves directory
test
command: mv test test1

This leaves directory
test1

So you have moved test to test1!
Try the process in /tmp

Regards

Re: moving directory

hp admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:31:51 GMT

Hi all and thanks to all answering me.

I think there is no solution about what I search.

I have copied the content of tes directory to test1 one.

Thank's again.