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From: "Justin C. Sherrill" <jsherri1@rochester.rr.com>
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Subject: RE: deleted /var contents
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:00:38 -0400
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> > While trying to expand /var, I ended up deleting everything in it.
> >
> > Is there a way I can reassemble a "default" /var directory?
>
> If you did make world recently, a var directory may exist somewhere in
> /usr/obj/.
> Otherwise, grab it from the live filesystem CD-ROM.

No such luck with /usr/obj/...  I installed via FTP.  Is there something I
can do other than wait for the CDs to arrive in the mail?



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