Re: [foxboro] Making more space in /usr/local

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:08:07PM -0500, Winston Jenks wrote:
> 
> List Gurus,
> 
> Here is what I did to make my /usr/local bigger.  Will someone please 
> comment on the validity of this procedure before I get so far into this 
> hole that I can never dig myself out?
> 
> Retarget /usr/local to /opt/ulocal
>               a) cp -r /usr/local/* /opt/ulocal #Probably should have done 
> "cp -R ..."

        I'd  sugest the following instead hee:

                mkdir /usr/ulocal
                cd /usr/local
                tar cvf . | ( cd /opt/ulocal ; tar xf -)

>               b) Added line to /etc/vfstab --> "/opt/ulocal/ - /usr/local 
> lofs - yes -"
>               c) renamed /usr/local to /usr/local.orig
>               d) mkdir /usr/local
>               e) reboot
> 
> The idea is to make /usr/local really refer to /opt/ulocal (where I have 
> lots of space)
> 

How about a symlink?

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