Re: SOS - how to restor deleted directory?

From: Christopher Browne (cbbrowne_at_acm.org)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: 30 Jul 2004 20:52:35 GMT

The world rejoiced as "L" <l_x2828@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Jean-David Beyer" <jdbeyer@exit109.com> wrote in message
> news:10gl4ehk9dk91fa@corp.supernews.com...
>> L wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I accedently deleted /usr/local/ directory on RH Linux 9.0. Is there a
> way
>> > to restore it?
>> >
>> That's easy. I would just write-inhibit my most recent (from about 2AM
>> this morning) backup tape, put it in the drive, and have the BRU program
>> restore it. If I did not use BRU, I would have written the tape with find
>> and cpio and use cpio to do the restore. No problem.
>
> I wish I used a backup.

Unfortunately, it sometimes takes an abrupt and painful lesson to
demonstrate the importance of backups :-(. 

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