Move /var/imap

[Nils Vogels]

Martin Schweizer wrote on 13-05-2006 10:26:
> Hello 
>
> I want move /var/imap to another place because not enough space (I did move 
> /var/spool/imap successfully). When I cp /var/imap cp says: "cp: 
> imap/socket/idle: Operation not supported" and "cp: imap/socket/lmtp: 
> Operation not supported". I now there is a problem with unix sockets from 
> cyrus imap but I did not found a solution until yet. What can I do?
>   
Use tar or cpio to copy over the directory, including special files,
timestamps and permissions:

tar cf - /source/dir ; ( cd /target/dir ; tar xf -)

HTH & HAND!

Nils.