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SleepyDog

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Registered: 2004-10-15

Posts: 114

Smooth Move.

david@linux:: rm z600cups-1.0-1.gz                                          [~]
david@linux:: ls                                                            [~]
testpage  z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz  z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz
david@linux:: tar -xvzf z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz                          [~]
./
./usr/
./usr/share/
./usr/share/cups/
./usr/share/cups/model/
./usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-Z600-lxz600cj-cups.ppd.gz
./usr/lib/
./usr/lib/cups/
./usr/lib/cups/filter/
./usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoz600
./usr/lib/cups/backend/
./usr/lib/cups/backend/z600
david@linux:: rm -r /usr                                                    [~]
rm: descend into write-protected directory `/usr'? 
david@linux:: rm -rf /usr                                                   [~]
rm: cannot remove `/usr': Permission denied
david@linux:: sudo rm -rf /usr                                              [~]
Password:
david@linux:: ls                                                            [~]
testpage  usr  z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz  z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz
david@linux:: sudo rm -rf /usr                                              [~]
zsh: command not found: sudo
david@linux:: sudo                                                          [~]
zsh: command not found: sudo
david@linux:: rm                                                            [~]
rm: too few arguments
Try `rm --help' for more information.
david@linux:: rm -rf f/usr                                                  [~]
david@linux:: ls                                                            [~]
testpage  usr  z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz  z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz
david@linux:: ls /usr                                                       [~]
ls: /usr: No such file or directory
david@linux:: ls                                                            [~]
testpage  usr  z600cups-1.0-1.i386.tar.gz  z600llpddk-2.0-1.i386.tar.gz
david@linux:: ls /                                                          [~]
bin   dev  home  mnt  proc  sbin   sys  udev
boot  etc  lib   opt  root  share  tmp  var
david@linux:: ...                                                           [~]

Doh!

Sad part is I punched in /usr instead of usr multiple times

cactus

Taco Eater

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Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: Smooth Move.

  :mrgreen:
That is great. I have done things like that too.

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T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Smooth Move.

Oh man!...hope you had a backup.:lol:
I haven't removed any major directories like that yet, but I'm sure its only a matter of time...

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: Smooth Move.

:-) in a way, you are lucky not deleting /etc :-)

you know the difference between theory and practice? here an example:

in theory:
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pacman -Q will make you the list of pkgs you should have and pacman -S will install these

in practice:
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you will not be able to do what i suggested, because pacman was under /usr

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T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Smooth Move.

couldn't you backup /var/lib/pacman/local, create the /usr/bin directory, reinstall pacman(manually), rename the backup to local again, then do pacman -Q?

swiergot

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From: Kraków, Poland

Registered: 2005-01-08

Posts: 145

Re: Smooth Move.

When I was begining my adventure with Arch and making my first packages, I put "rm -rf /usr/lib" instead of "rm -rf $startdir/pkg/usr/lib" in the build function of one of PKGBUILDs. It took me about one hour before I noticed /usr/lib had gone to the hell, and another hour before I figured out why.
Oh, did you know that you can do safely "rm -rf /"? I tried it once when I needed to reinstall my old Slackware and it didn't do anything. But then, "rm -rf /*" did 

cactus

Taco Eater

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Re: Smooth Move.

just copy pacman.static from another box.

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"tacos" -- Cactus' Law
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T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

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Re: Smooth Move.

just copy pacman.static from another box.

what is pacman.static?

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: Smooth Move.

in a way, you are lucky not deleting /etc

:oops:

A word of advice to all linux users.. never create an "etc" dir in your home directory. You're just asking to shoot yourself in the foot. SleepyDog, I feel your pain..

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Smooth Move.

just copy pacman.static from another box.

what is pacman.static?

It's just pacman with the libraries statically compiled in.

shadowhand

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From: MN, USA

Registered: 2004-02-19

Posts: 1,142

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Re: Smooth Move.

Time to backup and reinstall. I think we've all been there.

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