i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!

From: bruce (bedouglas_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/22/05

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    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@earthlink.net 

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