Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 21:49:54 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Nathan Mace" <mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help! i "rm -rf /usr/local/share" Message-ID: <005c01c13fe4$386ff800$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20010917203708.55a2438b.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> <20010918023241.A681@FreeBSD.org>
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> On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:37:08PM -0400, Nathan Mace wrote: > > [ BROKEN FORMATTING FIXED ] > > > help! i just did a "rm -rf /usr/local/share" as root!! it was an accident, > > i was cycling back though commands i had typed in and wasn't paying > > attention. i hit control-c ASAP and i have no idea of how to tell what > > got deleted! the buildworld-install world doesn't reinstall over the > > /usr directory does it? what can i do? thanks > > Restore from your last backup, of course. You *do* keep backups, don't > you? No? Oh, dear... Since it was /usr/LOCAL/share that you blew away, buildworld/installworld don't touch anything in there. (In fact, on a fresh system, /usr/local doesn't exist.) Most of what is in /usr/local/share is documentation, sample configs and other tidbits of information that ports and packages install. You can probably live without most of the stuff in there, but if you're really concerned, reinstall any ports/packages to restore what you blew away. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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