Thanks Jordi, It actually reads like a normal file (ie, from the app we can play the file in a video player - as these are video files) - and upon further investigation it looks like it could be the client used to read the file system that is reporting the problem - not the filesystem itself!
In my terminal now, when I run an ls, I see all the files as separate files, however on our app, we see them as one file. Which means that this proves that they could not / did not concatenate all the files together! Huzzah! It is the apps fault! So I will forward this to app support instead. Thanks for helping thou guys! Regards, Steve. 2008/6/9 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
