How do I --move-- the contents of 1 folder (with subfolders) to another folder (with the same subfolder names as the source)?

Asked Nov 18 '19 at 03:09

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I think this is best explained with an example.

Example:

/mnt/mystorage/source
    => folder1
        => file11.txt
    => folder2
        => file21.txt

/mnt/mystorage/destination
    => folder1
        => file12.txt
    => folder2
        => file22.txt

The resulting file structure in the destination should be:

destination
    => folder1
        => file11.txt
        => file12.txt
    => folder2
        => file21.txt
        => file22.txt

I know I can use rsync with the "--remove-source-files" flag but that would mean it's copying the files/folders first. In my real world example, the source folder is several TBs in size and copying this much will take awhile. From my experience, moving a file/folder to another location in the same partition often means Linux (maybe any OS in general) just changes the file/folder references/pointers.

Thanks

edited Nov 18 '19 at 07:42

Chris Davies

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Possible duplicate of mv with rsync functionality – muru Nov 18 '19 at 03:20
Also: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/127712/merging-folders-with-mv/ – muru Nov 18 '19 at 03:21
And also look at how-to-integrate-mv-command-after-find-command – doneal24 Nov 18 '19 at 03:26
Just move the source folder?! It's almost like a rename. It won't touch any of the content. – JPT Nov 19 '19 at 18:34

How do I --move-- the contents of 1 folder (with subfolders) to another folder (with the same subfolder names as the source)?

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