Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 19:50:57 +1100 (EDT) From: "Gasparovski / Daniel (ISE)" <u923168@student.canberra.edu.au> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: netscape 2.0b1 fouls directory Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951029194627.3849A-100000@student.canberra.edu.au>
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> Which user did you do this as? Please elaborate on the part where you > say "cannot be rm'd" Thanks! > > Jordan > > > > > Netscape 2.0b1 created a directory ~/.netscape-cache which cannot be rm'd. > > I mv'd it to .foo and restart netscape which recreated the file .netscape > > > > Then tried to cd to .foo, works.. now say ls and it returns: > > ls: .: No such file or directory > > > > The machine has been rebooted which should have run fsck on the partition > > (I think..) no complaints of file system problems. > > > > How can I repair this netscape damage ? > > > > regards > > kim > > > > -- > > kimc@w8hd.org > > The *exact* same thing happened to me. I rebooted into single user mode, fsck'd the partition, and it removed the directory. When I ran Netscape again, it worked as normal. It probably only stuffs thing up when "upgrading" the old .netscape files. This was done as "root". Dan ... [ Danny Gasparovski | Mortified by the lack of conscience ] [ u923168@student.canberra.edu.au | Our sanctity bears no relevance ] [ University of Canberra, Australia | Insignificant is our existence ] [ Bolt Thrower, "The IVth Crusade" -> | Hear the litany of life's persistence ]
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