Re: SOS - how to restor deleted directory?

From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:43:03 -0400

Christopher Browne wrote:
> 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 :-(.
>
True, and perhaps we have all learned that lesson the hard way.
Experience is the best teacher, but it is cheaper to learn from someone
else's experience.
I learned the lesson back in IBM 7090 days. The only reason I did not
learn it on their 704 was that our machines had no disk drives. 

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