Moving Linux Directory June 17, 2019 Moving a Linux directory the safe way. cd /mydir ; tar cf - . | (cd /data/mydir ; tar xf -) ; mv /mydir /mydir.0 ; ln -s /data/mydir /mydircd /mydir ; tar cf - . | (cd /data/mydir ; tar xf -) ; mv /mydir /mydir.0 ; ln -s /data/mydir /mydir