Accidentally moved all directories under / to the same directory
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I ran:
for file in /*; do mv "$file" old; done,
forgetting to put the . before /*.
I read that open processes might have the inode stored somewhere. Is it possible to recover my directory structure?
The file explorer is still open, and I am still able to traverse directories.
files mv
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
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I ran:
for file in /*; do mv "$file" old; done,
forgetting to put the . before /*.
I read that open processes might have the inode stored somewhere. Is it possible to recover my directory structure?
The file explorer is still open, and I am still able to traverse directories.
files mv
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
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add a comment |Â
up vote
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down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
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I ran:
for file in /*; do mv "$file" old; done,
forgetting to put the . before /*.
I read that open processes might have the inode stored somewhere. Is it possible to recover my directory structure?
The file explorer is still open, and I am still able to traverse directories.
files mv
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
11
I ran:
for file in /*; do mv "$file" old; done,
forgetting to put the . before /*.
I read that open processes might have the inode stored somewhere. Is it possible to recover my directory structure?
The file explorer is still open, and I am still able to traverse directories.
files mv
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
11
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
edited Nov 18 '17 at 23:18
Jeff Schaller
32.1k849109
32.1k849109
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
11
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
11
asked Nov 18 '17 at 22:37
user261205
11
11
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I was able to use the file explorer to copy the old/ in my current directory to /bin. Since the terminal commands failed to run after /bin had moved, I was still able to use the open program in /usr/bin to recover.
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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I was able to use the file explorer to copy the old/ in my current directory to /bin. Since the terminal commands failed to run after /bin had moved, I was still able to use the open program in /usr/bin to recover.
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
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add a comment |Â
up vote
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down vote
I was able to use the file explorer to copy the old/ in my current directory to /bin. Since the terminal commands failed to run after /bin had moved, I was still able to use the open program in /usr/bin to recover.
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
11
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I was able to use the file explorer to copy the old/ in my current directory to /bin. Since the terminal commands failed to run after /bin had moved, I was still able to use the open program in /usr/bin to recover.
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
11
I was able to use the file explorer to copy the old/ in my current directory to /bin. Since the terminal commands failed to run after /bin had moved, I was still able to use the open program in /usr/bin to recover.
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
11
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
11
answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
user261205
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answered Nov 18 '17 at 23:03
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