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Linux Move Directory Command

last updated April 2, 2012 in Linux

I am new to Linux and command line. How do I move a directory under Linux operating systems?

How To: Linux / Unix Move Directory Up One Level

last updated July 11, 2018 in Linux, UNIX

I would like to move a directory one level up into the root directory. I have all my html files located in /home/apache2/www/html directory, and I would like to move /home/apache2/www/html to one level up at /home/apache2/www/. How can I accomplish this over the ssh session?

UNIX: Zip Example

last updated April 16, 2010 in UNIX

Can you provide zip command examples under UNIX? How do I use zip command under UNIX operating systems?
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MySQL: Log Files in Linux / UNIX / BSD

last updated April 16, 2010 in MySQL

Can you tell me where are MySQL error and other log files are located under Linux / UNIX / BSD operating systems?

Debian / Ubuntu MySQL Error Log File Location

last updated March 25, 2010 in Debian / Ubuntu, MySQL

Can you tell me the location of for the MySQL error log file under Debian or Ubuntu Linux? How do I view error log file?

MySQL Bin Files Eating Lots of Disk Space

last updated December 18, 2008 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, File system, Linux, MySQL, Storage, Ubuntu Linux, UNIX

Q. I get a large amount of bin files in the MySQL data directory called “server-bin.n” or mysql-bin.00000n, where n is a number that increments. What is MySQL Binary Log? How do I stop these files being created?

Mount Command In UNIX

last updated April 16, 2010 in UNIX

How do I use the mount command in UNIX to mount file systems?