gregjohn wrote:
> /home/greg/files/author1/bookone/  (with chapters as files)
> /home/greg/files/files/author1/booktwo/  (with chapters as files)
> 
> several times over
> 
> Now, I want to merge it all.  I am afraid that if I go to the
> /home/greg/files/files/author1/booktwo directory and simply MOVE it with
> Overwrite to the /home/greg/files/ directory, I will delete
> /home/greg/files/author1/bookone.

	Why not just create the directory:

/home/greg/files/author1/booktwo

	And move the files into that? It won't affect bookone. If you're using 
mv, then use the -i option - this will cause it to ask if it's 
overwriting. If it asks, then you're doing something wrong.

	Frankly, I don't do this kind of stuff in the command line if I'm 
worried about losing anything.

	I always use mc (Midnight commander). See if you can install it and 
learn to use it. It will be your friend for life. I've been using Norton 
Commander + Midnight Commander for 20+ years now.

	If you don't want to learn mc (although it is easy...), and if you're 
in a graphical environment, use a graphical program similar to what you 
may be used to in Windows. There are a bunch (a big bunch) of such 
programs. I'm not familiar with many, but I know of Konqueror.

-- 
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