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Re: cannot rename with mv



On Mon, January 16, 2017 11:06 pm, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Mon, January 16, 2017 10:45 pm, Armando Cerna wrote:
>
>> You might want to be sure to double verify that fact nothing is
>> accessing that directory using lsof ex: lsof | grep backup
>
>
> lsof indicates no opened files for the directory


Could the problem be that the partition does not have sufficient space for
a copy of the directory to be renamed?  But does renaming a directory
involve copying any of the files or subdirectories?


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