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Re: cannot rename with mv



On Mon, January 16, 2017 11:23 pm, Doug wrote:

> if /backup is actually in the root directory, you need to su (or sudo) to
> root and then rename the file:
>
> [name@pcname]$ su
> Password:
> [root@pcname name]# mv /backup /newbackup

I did this; it did not work.


> if this doesn't work, try ./ instead of / in each case.

That does not work either.


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