>>> .... I was advised to do something >>> which turned out to be disastrous so NEVER EVER issue the following from >>> a root shell >>> >>> rm -rf $Home/* >>> >> >> Are you sure you executed the command above ? This would mean you >> deleted the /root directory and all its contents. Are you sure you >> didn't delete your personal home dir and everything in it ? Actually as the above command is written, it would have deleted everything under /, not /root. $Home is not set, but $HOME. I've seen some scripts with the following: LOGDIR=/var/log/myapp cd $LOGDIR rm -rf * If for some reason LOGDIR is inaccessible then the script owners $HOME is likely to be trashed. On some systems where root's home is not /root, then likely everything in / gets trashed. >> Anyway, I guess you've learned your lesson, don't just copy and execute >> commands (especially rm commands) from a root shell. Which is incredibly good advice for any system... -- * The Digital Hermit http://www.digitalhermit.com * Unix and Linux Solutions kwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
