[lug] Moving files

[D. Stimits]

Yuko Jonah wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> just want to know how to move a file from one
> directory to the other. I'm thinking if i should /mnt
> the drive i'm moving the file to. I have one big drive
> that i partition into several partitions. I'm trying
> to move files from /usr which is partition 4 to
> /archive which is in partition 6.
> thanx
> yuko

You must always mount a drive somewhere before using mv or cp to/from
that location, unless you do something rather specialized (like dd or
raw access).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com