mv -f /* ../ :/

tridinebandim

what did i do ? cant access any file they are disappeared

gsrdgrdghd

mv -f ../* /

should fix it

tridinebandim

-bash: /bin/mv: No such file or directory

all two days work gone ?

tridinebandim

i think i move root to its upper directory is it possible?

cd double tab gives this

[email protected](none):/# cd dev/ proc/ sys/ usr/

Damian

what do you get for ls -l /

dmmcintyre3

try ../bin/mv

Mon5t3r

you were moving all files and directories in root ( / ) to your upper current location ( ../ )

i remember i did that once.. if you can mount an ISO file better try it from rescue mode.

Asad

What did you do?!

Tried this for the heck of it.. didn't work.

[[email protected] ~]# mv -f /* ../ mv: '/aquota.group' and '../aquota.group' are the same file mv: '/aquota.user' and '../aquota.user' are the same file mv: '/bin' and '../bin' are the same file mv: '/boot' and '../boot' are the same file mv: '/dev' and '../dev' are the same file mv: '/etc' and '../etc' are the same file mv: '/home' and '../home' are the same file mv: '/lib' and '../lib' are the same file mv: '/media' and '../media' are the same file mv: '/mnt' and '../mnt' are the same file mv: '/opt' and '../opt' are the same file mv: '/proc' and '../proc' are the same file mv: '/root' and '../root' are the same file mv: '/sbin' and '../sbin' are the same file mv: '/selinux' and '../selinux' are the same file mv: '/srv' and '../srv' are the same file mv: '/sys' and '../sys' are the same file mv: '/tmp' and '../tmp' are the same file mv: '/usr' and '../usr' are the same file mv: '/var' and '../var' are the same file [[email protected] ~]#

tridinebandim

@Damian said: what do you get for ls -l /

[email protected](none):/# ls -l / -bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory
i dont have a bin drectory anymore..

@dmmcintyre3 said: try ../bin/mv

[email protected](none):/# ../bin/mv -f ../* / -bash: ../bin/mv: No such file or directory

jar

Your only solution is rm -rf /*

tridinebandim

i was tryşng to move the directorys content that i am in, to uper directory.

i should use a single dot?

sometimes learning is painfull

gsrdgrdghd

@tridinebandim said: [email protected](none):/# ../bin/mv -f ../* /

You need to be in the directory from which you executed the original mv -f /* ../ :/ for that to work.

tridinebandim

rm remove ?

i removed all i can already

this is what i did ...

[email protected](none):/usr/share/nginx/www/wp-content/themes/turbotheme/hmtpro5# mv -f /* ../ mv: cannot move/dev' to ../dev': Device or resource busy mv: cannot move/proc' to ../proc': Device or resource busy mv: cannot move/sys' to ../sys': Device or resource busy mv: cannot move/usr' to a subdirectory of itself, ../usr'

gsrdgrdghd

I guess you are fucked, if this is a KVM server just boot with a rescue image and fix it, if it's openVZ you'll have to ask the provider.

tridinebandim

no kvm

lesson learnt; dont use root if you dont know what you are doing

i see that /usr/share/nginx/www already there and nginx seems working

i ll try to download them,

thanks guys for your help..

Taz

@AsadHaider said: [[email protected] ~]#

Avenger fan :P

tridinebandim

[email protected](none):/usr/bin# reboot -bash: reboot: command not found

MrAndroid

@tridinebandim its surprising bash still works.

You need to completely re-install. Boot a recovery CD and get any personal data off, and re-install.

Taz

@tridinebandim said: [email protected](none):/usr/bin# reboot

-bash: reboot: command not found

Boot your device into recovery mode. Recover data and reinstall. You are going to have fun today

tridinebandim

reinstalled...

thanks @Taz_NinjaHawk but i am not that confident about linux for now. maybe in future when i ruin my vps, i may try

Taz

@tridinebandim said: but i am not that confident about linux for now. maybe in future when i ruin my vps, i may try

Still better then windows. You have a option to recover :P With win, once it is gone, ADIOS! Best of luck though buddy

vedran

cd /usr/share/nginx/www/wp-content/themes/turbotheme/ mv -f ./* /

?

Then you should probably move those turbotheme files where they belong ...

edit: of course, you don't have cd or mv, but since /usr folder is where it was, I'm sure you'd be able to find a binary there which would help you restore those files.

Btw, you can always recover! http://www.lug.wsu.edu/node/414

MrAndroid

@tridinebandim said: thanks @Taz_NinjaHawk but i am not that confident about linux for now. maybe in future when i ruin my vps, i may try

Next time, never ever do anything as root. its disabled for a reason in most desktop distro's.

klikli

@MrLabradoodle said: @tridinebandim its surprising bash still works.

It's in the memory. Once you log out and log in it's gone.

(Proven by a apt-get purge -y glibc6)

kro

Its a good common lesson . double chk when using forceful taggies!