Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 01:06:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gregory James Hormann <ghormann@wawasee.read.indiana.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DUMP: missing files. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313010543.1205H-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970312113133.14357A-100000@wawasee.read.indiana.edu>
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Gregory James 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. Odd... > > > > > 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". The currently existing file on disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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