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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:32:41 +0100
From:      George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nathan Mace <mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: help!  i "rm -rf /usr/local/share"
Message-ID:  <20010918023241.A681@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010917203708.55a2438b.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>; from mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:37:08PM -0400
References:  <20010917203708.55a2438b.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:37:08PM -0400, Nathan Mace wrote:

[ BROKEN FORMATTING FIXED ]

> help! i just did a "rm -rf /usr/local/share" as root!!  it was an accident,
> i was cycling back though commands i had typed in and wasn't paying 
> attention.  i hit control-c ASAP and i have no idea of how to tell what 
> got deleted!  the buildworld-install world doesn't reinstall over the 
> /usr directory does it?  what can i do?  thanks

Restore from your last backup, of course.  You *do* keep backups, don't 
you?  No?  Oh, dear...

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