[PLUG] Moving Files

[Jason Van Cleve]

I have a directory that I wanted to move, and I used an ash shell (from 
the debian CD) to do it, as root.  Evidently this was mistake, because 
not all the files were moved, or moved properly (though I've no idea why 
not), and now I've two directories that I need to merge.  ash really 
blows, by the way.

How should I do this?  If I use mv now, it fails because the directory 
exists in the new location.  If I use cp, even with all the flags that 
seem appropriate, I get all kinds of errors saying it can't create hard 
links between file x and file y.  I don't know why it would want to, 
because x and y are different filenames, so I'm really confused here. 
rsync would probably do it, but I'm working from a rescue system 
(different shell this time) and don't have rsync at my command.

I've experienced this problem before, too, so I'd like to get to the 
bottom of it.  How to merge two dir's using a basic shell?  Why ash 
couldn't move the whole directory in the first place is incidental.

Thank you,

Jason Van Cleve


P.S.  Did I mention ash sucks?