Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:52:31 -0600 From: Ben Weaver <sid67@tranquility.net> To: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de> Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /a/b/c/ .. Bug? Message-ID: <20010112185231.F32066@tranquility.net> In-Reply-To: <3A5F40FB.BA91E66A@i-clue.de>; from christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de on Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 06:38:03PM %2B0100 References: <3A5F40FB.BA91E66A@i-clue.de>
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Well, you might go back into the directory you were in when you executed that command then do the following: cd .. ls You will find your directory... -Ben On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 06:38:03PM +0100, Christoph Sold wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I just did something unwise: > > # mv /a/b/c/ .. > > Now the c directory is gone completely. Can anybody explain why and how? > > Here are the details: > > # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > miraculix:/u/wd0 38788812 1608700 34077008 5% /a > # uname -a > FreeBSD amnesix.i-clue.de 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #1: Thu Dec 21 > 22:36:46 > CET 2000 so@amnesix.i-clue.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/AMNESIX-4.2-S > i386 > > Hope somebody jumps on this.. > -Christoph Sold > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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