Hi managers,
Thanks to the following people who responded to my question:
Matt Moore moore_at_shemp.bucks.edu
BigRedDog ckrieger_at_latrade.com
Dick Abraham abrahad_at_gov.ou.ca
Alan Nabeth
Nopchai Tangtriham nung_at_alpha.tu.ac.th
Here is a summary of the steps involved:
The question:
My Dec 3000 is running osf/1 v 1.2. The /usr file system shows 95% full.
I want to change the working directory for mail, form /usr file system
(/usr/spool/mail) to /red file system.
My filesystems
used
75% /
95% /usr
60% /red
Thanks for any suggestions anyone can offer!
The answer:
Just make symbolic link for /usr/spool/mail to any directory under /red
Such as .. ln -s /red/mail /usr/spool/mail (/red/mail will be the real place
to keep the files) for mail directory.
First shutdown to single user mode
Then cd /usr/spool
Execute the following commands:
tar -cf -mail | (cd /red ; tar -xvpf -)
mv /usr/spool/mail /usr/spool/mail.old
ln -s /red/mail /usr/spool/mail
Check to make sure that /red/mail and /usr/spool/mail.old have the same
permissions and owner.
Now that you have done all that, bring it back up to multiuser mode and
give it a test for a day or so. If all works fine, then you can delete
/usr/spool/mail.old.
Thanks
Chuy Gaona
Universidad Autonoma De Coahuila
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Received on Wed Apr 30 1997 - 19:35:23 NZST