root@elevia.UUCP (Super user) (08/31/88)
I run a 286 box with SCO Xenix 2.2.something and I have a weird one
for you:
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# cd /usr/spool
# ls -il
./c not found <<< that's the alarm bell
total 52
48 drwxrwxrwx 2 news root 64 Aug 30 10:08 batch
60 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 64 Aug 26 14:06 cron
[ ... ]
# > c
# ls -il
total 54
48 drwxrwxrwx 2 news root 64 Aug 30 10:08 batch
236 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 30 21:46 c <<< that's
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 30 21:46 c <<< a riot
60 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 64 Aug 26 14:06 cron
[ ... ]
# ls | hd
0000 62 61 74 63 68 0a 63 0a 63 0a 63 72 6f 6e 0a 69 batch.c.c.cron.i
[ ... ]
004f
# rm c
# ls -il
./c not found <<< that's the alarm bell again
total 52
48 drwxrwxrwx 2 news root 64 Aug 30 10:08 batch
60 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 64 Aug 26 14:06 cron
[ ... ]
# mount
/dev/root on / read/write on Sun Aug 28 08:31:31 1988
/dev/spooler on /usr/spool read/write on Sun Aug 28 08:31:35 1988
[ ... ]
#
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It is not shown above, but there is a lost+found directory.
What now appears as a pesky file named c, used to be the cron directory
until my system got zapped by lightning (modem slagged). I am lucky
there is no more damage than that but I'd like to know what happened
and how to repair it, if possible. I recreated a cron directory but
I really don't know if I should have.
As usual, mail your replies please, I'll summarize them here.
Alain
(514) 486 5980
William Alain Simon - 5418 Grovehill Place - Montreal - H4A 1J9 - Canada
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