Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:34:33 -0500 (EST) From: Gregory James Hormann <ghormann@wawasee.read.indiana.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DUMP: missing files. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970312113133.14357A-100000@wawasee.read.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970311103142.2548E-100000@localhost>
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Greg Hormann wrote: > > After using "restore" to reconstruction the file system, I noticed a few > > files were missing. Notably, some libraries (and Linux libraries also), > > the ".pinerc"'s of users who we probably reading their mail at the time, > > my bookmark.htm file, etc. > > Hm, this sounds like a permissions problem. No, it wasn't a permissions problem because the users home directors (mode 700) were mostly restored. It is just a few select files. > > > My question: what happened to those files? After realizing the problem, I > > check the tape again. I looked in the my home director for .pinerc on the > > tape, and it was listed there, but when I tried to extract it, it said > > "/home/ghormann/.pinerc" is not on the tape. Does dump not back up open > > files? I didn't write to .pinerc (or the libs), during that time, but I > > did have pine open. > > What about the local file? Can restore write to it? I am afraid I don't understand what you mean by "the local file". Thanks for you help. Greg.
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