My setup is that I have the following shares:

/tv
/movies
/downloads

 

 

I want them all set up under the same single share like

 

tv /data/media/tv

movies /data/media/movies

downloads /data/something_else

 

It's gonna be 12+ TB for EACH share. I didn't know if using dynamix file manager, or Midnight Commander, or something else was my best route for getting all the data into a single share here. I know that it's a huge move if each file has to actually transfer.. and in the end, 2 or 3 long-duration file moves.

I just want to see if there's something better or smarter to do than to use MC to move them all together then situate things from there after waiting for ALL that file transfer.

 

 

Create the new share 'Media'

Use a file manager, I like the simplicity of Dolphin (now deprecated)

open up your split window and cut/paste from your original locations '/tv' to '/Media/tv'

 

Super important to use Cut, not Copy.  Provided you do not limit which disks are used in the creation of the share, the paste should be super fast as entire files are not being moved, only header information is changed.

 

Give it a test on a few large files.

 

If you don't need reallocate file cross different disk, just create the directory then move it from source directory to target directory on each disk will be on the fly.

 

For example

 

Disk 1

cd /mnt/disk1

mv /tv /data/media/

mv /movies /data/media/

 

Disk 2

Same

 

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53 minutes ago, Veah said:

Create the new share 'Media'

Use a file manager, I like the simplicity of Dolphin (now deprecated)

open up your split window and cut/paste from your original locations '/tv' to '/Media/tv'

 

Super important to use Cut, not Copy.  Provided you do not limit which disks are used in the creation of the share, the paste should be super fast as entire files are not being moved, only header information is changed.

 

Give it a test on a few large files.

 

Using Krusader and using “cut to clipboard” then pasting worked flawlessly. Whatever the difference is between that and mc’s “move” was a life saver. I think mc was copying before delete instead of just reassigning location.. anyways thank you. You saved me like a week of waiting.