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

Richard E Miles r.godzilla at comcast.net
Thu Apr 21 23:03:48 UTC 2005


On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:42:33 -0700
"bruce" <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 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 at earthlink.net

I believe you've lost your system. You will have to reinstall.

-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097




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