I'd say you're kind of stuck unless you have rm aliased to drop stuff in ~/.trash, which is common. You could also do some forensics stuff, but if you're messing with the hd you've probably killed that option. On 8/29/2012 11:53 AM, Stephen Dawes wrote: > After so many years of using Linux, I have finally done it, a Major Bonehead > move. I wrote a script, and when I tested it, it went wild on me. When it > ran it deleted the contents of /bin and I don't know what else. Any ideas, > short of a re-install of the OS, on how to recover from this Major Bonehead > move? > > Major Bonehead > Steve. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.