Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:02:32 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Klaus Steden <klaus@compt.com> Cc: Child <child@child.net.au>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: deleted /dev/null by mistake Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107161100120.61534-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <20010715232550.J73359@cthulu.compt.com>
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Klaus Steden wrote to Child: > > hi all > > one of my shell scripts did an rm -f /dev/null > > > (cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV) should do it (as root), > > or by hand ... > > mknod /dev/null c 2 2 > Remember to remove (rm) /dev/null immediately (i.e., in the same command) before you do that if you are doing this in multi-user mode, because, on most servers, stuff gets sent to /dev/null all the time, and if it was deleted, you'll have a regular file with a bunch of junk in it, and mknod won't attempt to unlink it before creating the new device node. - Ryan > Klaus > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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