Hi, Wouldn't fsck create the lost+found directory if it's missing? e2fsck in Linux does, so if that's based on Unix's fsck, it's possible.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:21 AM, stan<[email protected]> wrote: > I have a machine that had a hardware failure, and as a result the /var > partition got pretty trashed. I am in the process of building a newer machine > to replace this one, but I need to get this one to hobble along for a week > or 2. > > Mostly I think I have done what I need to get things back working, but in > checking things over, I discovered that the /var/lost+found directory is > missing. I thought I remembered (perhaps from earlier *NIX'es) that there > was a shell script to create this directory, which, if memory serves, > should have lot's of empty slots in it's directory structure. > > Or is this all old knowledge. Do modern filesystems not need a special way > of creating this directory? > > -- > One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking > zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C > programs. > > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict - Oh, why does everything I whip leave me?
