Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 07:24:48 -0400 (EDT) From: David Coder <dacoder@dcoder.com> To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: Alex <ayk1@ukc.ac.uk>, doogie@anet-stl.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file disappeared? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990427072343.7853B-100000@doc.dcoder.com> In-Reply-To: <199904270007.JAA01090@gizmo.internode.com.au>
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And next time you have a big file you want to get rid of, cp /dev/null foo, then rm foo. dc -------------------------- David Coder NOC Op Erols Internet Service/RCN On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Mark Newton wrote: :Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:37:42 +0930 (CST) :From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> :To: Alex <ayk1@ukc.ac.uk> :Cc: doogie@anet-stl.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, : freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG :Subject: Re: file disappeared? : :Alex wrote: : : > The question is how badly did I screw things up by running fsck? : > (I think with -p it doesn't actually salvage anything, just checks the : > disk). : > Worth a reboot? : :Definitely: -p *does* salvage things. Boot to single user and run :fsck manually to make sure everything's ok. : : - mark : :---- :Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) :Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) :Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 :"Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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