I've created a couple of bash scripts to facilitate moving files between disks. As these utilities are touching user data, I'd like to have some experienced users review and/or test them. If there is interest and no major problems, I will look into making them easier to use (first a plugin for command line usage, then maybe gui)
'diskmv'
will move a user share directory from one disk to another. It uses a find/rsync command similar to what is found in the standard mover script. It is
@markswift:
i've used consld8 recently for my Movies Collection for the same reason you wish. Since I have a few thousand movie folders, i used following command: (USE AT OWN RISK)
find "/mnt/user/Media/Movies" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 consld8 -f
the find command goes through the submitted path (in this case /mnt/user/Media/Movies) and only lists directories (-type d). with help of maxdepth, i tell find to not include any subdirectories in the listing.