lists at dwsasia.com schreef: >> Are you sure the second time you did not execute this: >> mv -u /tmp/dirA/dirB /dirC/dirB/ > > Hi there, yes I am sure I did not do the above, I did: > > mv -u /tmp/dirA/dirB /dirC/dirB > That is wrong as well. Use: mv -u /tmp/dirA/dirB /dirC/ This should work Cheers, Rob