Hi, Steve. I don't think you mean to reply to me only, so I'm moving the discussion back to the list.
On 08/06/2008, Steve King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/6/9 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 08/06/2008, Steve King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Got a bit of an issue with one of my system users. They have > >> accidentally moved multiple files from 1 directory, into a single file > >> in another. > > > > Can we have more details on how this happened? > > I'm not sure exactly how it happened to be honest, Ok, what's more important is to know what the final product looks like. That was more my question. > basically, there were a group of files in one directory, with a very > simular name: ie, company_department_date-filename.ext > > As far as I can understand, (and I'm still trying to find the bash > history that proves it) the user issued a command simular to the > following: > > mv * /new/path/location > > However, for some reason completely unknown to me, it has created a > large file called: > > company_department_.ext Okay, so is this as if they had done "cat * > company_department_.ext"? > Which I'm assuming means they have incorrectly specified the > destination in the new path location of the mv? Maybe it was a misplaced tar? Maybe they were trying to use tar to copy files and instead tarred it all into one? Does "file company_department_.ext" tell you it's a tarred file? - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
