Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 18:09:20 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: carvin5string <carvin5string@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looks like i've dug my hole too deep, plz help quick. Message-ID: <20040512180016.H493@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040512164909.5157.qmail@web40410.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040512164909.5157.qmail@web40410.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 12 May 2004, carvin5string wrote: > I may have screwed up big time - I tried moving /var to /usr/var and > accidentally was in root when I ran the command > tar cf - . | ( cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) if it was simply that then nothing was deleted. tar cf - just tars up the files and sends it to stdout. nothing is deleted. the only files i have in / are COPYWRITE and entropy. dont need any others you may need to delete the files you created in /usr/var but you shouldnt need to copy them back. > now when I look at root it has some directories but no files at all. I > look at /usr/var and see directories and no files. When I try to > reverse the process with this command, from /usr/var, > tar cr - . | ( cd /; tar xf - ) > I get lots of errors about file system full. > This is on my company web server. What can I do to fix this? > -- > Chip > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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