Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:07:19 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: krepel@fokus.gmd.de, 'Mark Drayton' <mark.drayton@4thwave.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "'Ian P. Thomas'" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: How to Restore /var Tree? Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239259F89@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023917DA8E@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Thank you to all that responded. The following answer not only restored the tree but also created the files in the tree. Drew > -----Original Message----- > From: krepel@fokus.gmd.de [mailto:krepel@fokus.gmd.de] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:02 AM > To: Drew Tomlinson > Subject: Re: How to Restore /var Tree? > > > This way is used in /etc/rc.diskless2 > > good luck > > echo "+++ populate /var using /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist" > /usr/sbin/mtree -deU -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist -p /var > > echo "+++ create log files based on the contents of /etc/newsyslog.conf" > LOGFILES=`/usr/bin/awk '$1 != "#" { printf "%s ", $1 } '/etc/newsyslog.conf` > if [ -n "$LOGFILES" ]; then > /usr/bin/touch $LOGFILES > fi > > > Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > > I made a major "booboo". In an attempt to move my /var > file system (is this > > the right term?) I deleted it. This 4.3 machine was built > recently and I > > hadn't implemented a backup strategy yet. So, is there a > way to rebuild the > > default /var file system from source without rebuilding the > entire system or > > doing it all by hand? I might do it by hand but I don't > know what the > > layout is and I don't have another machine to look at. Any > advice or > > suggestions other than not to delete /var in the first > place and do backups? > > :) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Falco Krepel Phone: +49-(0)30 - 34 63 - 7 276 > GMD-FOKUS Fax: +49-(0)30 - 34 63 - 8 276 > Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 e-mail: krepel@fokus.gmd.de > 10589 Berlin WWW: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/usr/krepel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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