OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Using the CDS Subtree Commands to Restructure CDS Directories
3. Run the directory merge command to append the source directory /.:/eng to the
/.:/rnd directory (or merge it into the new /.:/rnd/eng directory):
dcecp> directory merge /.:/eng -into /.:/rnd/eng
If the source directory contains any child directories whose contents you want to
copy over, you must specify the -tree option in the directory merge command
line. Additionally, you need to specify the -clearinghouse option if you wish to
place the child directory and its contents in a different clearinghouse from the
/.:/rnd/eng directory.
If the merge operation is not successful, you can delete any partially merged
information at the target location and run the command again. Be sure, though, to
delete any duplicate names and to make certain that connectivity to the affected
clearinghouses can be maintained.
Note: The CDS objects created by the directory merge command retain
all of the writable attribute values and some of the read-only
attribute values of the source objects. However, these objects do not
inherit the ACLs of the source objects. The ACLs on the target
objects are either those that are inherited from the initial container
(the parent directory into which the objects are merged) or the initial
object.
4. After the append operation, the /.:/eng directory (and its contents) still exists at the
source location. You need to delete the /.:/eng directory from its original location
and create a soft link named /.:/eng in place of the deleted directory. The soft link
will redirect lookups of the obj1 and link1 object entries to their new locations in
the /.:/rnd/eng directory.
It is recommended that you perform a skulk on a source directory before deleting
it. This synchronization of the directory’s replicas can prevent errors that cause
the delete operation to fail.
The sequence of dcecp commands for removing the /.:/eng directory from the
source location is the following:
dcecp> directory synchronize /.:/eng
dcecp> directory delete /.:/eng
dcecp> link create /.:/eng -to /.:/rnd/eng
Figure 20-3 shows the structure of our example namespace before and after the
append operation.
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