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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:11:51 -0500
From:      "Dave VanAuken" <dave@hawk-systems.com>
To:        <Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: mv /a/b/c/ .. Bug?
Message-ID:  <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNAEJOCNAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A5F466D.9FB4D9F8@i-clue.de>

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try this

find / -name "c" -print

let it run through the works and find where it moved the c directory
mv does just that, moves it, doesn't destroy it

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christoph
Sold
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:01 PM
To: Zhiui Zhang
Cc: Christoph Sold; Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: mv /a/b/c/ .. Bug?


thanks for the fast answer.

Zhiui Zhang schrieb:
>
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Christoph Sold wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I just did something unwise:
> >
> > # mv /a/b/c/ ..
> >
> > Now the c directory is gone completely. Can anybody explain why
and how?
> >
> Tell me if there is a new directory named /c?

No. As I said: it's gone.

Curiously
-Christoph Sold


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