In the linux shell, how do I move the contents of an entire folder
(including subfolders and files) back a folder.  For example, I want
everything in /root/folder/ moved to /root/.  What's the command for
that?

Hi,

The command would be:

mv /root/folder/*.* /root/


If you need any more information, please ask for a clarification!

Thank you,
paul_b_18

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Request for Answer Clarification by xemion-ga on 08 Apr 2004 09:45 PDT

It says:
"mv: can't stat source /httpdocs/xcart/*.*"

What's that mean?

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Clarification of Answer by paul_b_18-ga on 08 Apr 2004 09:52 PDT

Hi,

Unfortunatly I've made a mistake. 
Thankfully, Cybaea-ga seems to have already given the correct answer
in his comment below.
I will try to cancel my answer so that you don't have to pay for it.

I'm verry sorry for the incovenience.
paul_b_18

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Request for Answer Clarification by xemion-ga on 08 Apr 2004 09:56 PDT

That's alright.  The comment almost worked but I received some errors.
 It said the following:

"tar: ./templates_c/admin^main^configuration.tpl: file changed as we read it"

at the end it said:

"tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors"

None of the files were moved.  What happened?

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Clarification of Answer by paul_b_18-ga on 08 Apr 2004 10:44 PDT

Hi,

try 

mv /root/folder/* /root/

Let me know if it solves your problem!

Thank you,
paul_b_18

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Request for Answer Clarification by xemion-ga on 08 Apr 2004 11:06 PDT

It says "mv: can't stat source /root/folder/*"

You will receive a tip for your work we can get this working :-)  I
didn't mean for this $2.50 question to turn into this.

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Clarification of Answer by paul_b_18-ga on 08 Apr 2004 11:13 PDT

Haha,
Please don't give me a tip: it's me who messed it up in the first place.
Anyway, I won't rest unil it's solved but I can only look into your
problem again in a couple of hours. I hope that's not a big problem
for you.

I will get a back to you!

Thank you,
paul_b_18

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Clarification of Answer by paul_b_18-ga on 08 Apr 2004 15:16 PDT

Hi,

I'm quite surprised that it doens't seem to work.
Anyway, let's try to solve this. Can you give me the _exact_ names of
the two directory's: the directory from which you want to move the
files and the directory to which you want the files to be copied.

Thanks,
paul_b_18

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Request for Answer Clarification by xemion-ga on 08 Apr 2004 16:01 PDT

Don't worry about it.  I solved tje prolem with a different method.  Thanks though!

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Clarification of Answer by paul_b_18-ga on 08 Apr 2004 16:11 PDT

Hi,

I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you in the end. If you want, you can
ask for a refund at:
http://answers.google.com/answers/refundrequest

Thanks,
paul_b_18

The answer only moves files with a '.' in their name.

The traditional answer (using bash) is

# cd /root/folder/
# tar cvf - . | (cd /root/; tar xvf -)

This works across volumes.

Happy Easter.