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From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: How to Restore /var Tree?
To: drewt@writeme.com (Drew Tomlinson)
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:24:26 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239259F88@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> from "Drew Tomlinson" at Jun 12, 2001 09:56:41 AM
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	There is a directory called mtree that has the generic layout of all the
base file systems.  I think it's in /etc.

Ian

In the last episode, Drew Tomlinson stated...
> 
> I made a major "booboo".  In an attempt to move my /var file system (is this
> the right term?) I deleted it.  This 4.3 machine was built recently and I
> hadn't implemented a backup strategy yet.  So, is there a way to rebuild the
> default /var file system from source without rebuilding the entire system or
> doing it all by hand?  I might do it by hand but I don't know what the
> layout is and I don't have another machine to look at.  Any advice or
> suggestions other than not to delete /var in the first place and do backups?
> :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
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