Your best bet would be a complete reinstall unless you have a backup. Albert Smith Sr. Unix Systems Administrator HPCSA, RHCT Genex Services 440 E. Swedesford Rd. Wayne, PA 19087 albert.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610) 964-5154 > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bruce > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:15 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!! > > hi... > > i stupidly just did a 'rm -rf /*r' and i understand that > there's no way to redo/undo this command.. it seems to have > blown away my /usr/bin dir.. > although, for all i know, i may have screwed up a lot more... > > my question, is there someway that i can reinstall the > '/usr/bin' dir.. or am i pretty much f*ed up. i have fedora > core 2. (i've asked th question on the FC2 list, and they > leep telling me that i need to do a complete > reinstall) i thought there was a way to more or less recreate > the indoe, or that there was some way that you can recover if > you haven't done anything with the drive since the 'rm > -rf'... i've seen some postings/information on google that > kind of discuss this. but i need more understanding... > > this is a critical system that i was putting alot of things > on.. i haven't done anything else to the box after my mistake.. > > -bruce > bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
