cannot access parent directories

kisembo · 02-12-2006, 09:49 AM

Hey guys, i not very sure the kind of mess am facing.
I have failed to find my path any directories all i get is an error that says:

/srsymlink-hook: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory

This came up from the konsole after i had uninstalled postgres & i was to find my wayout to a certain directory.
What could have happen & how can i handle this error to rectify this problem.

jlliagre · 02-12-2006, 11:40 AM

This probably happen because you removed the directory which was your shell current directory.

It can be simply fixed by changing it to an existing one, without using a relative path.
e.g.: "cd .." won't work, "cd $HOME" will.

kisembo · 02-13-2006, 12:16 PM

Thx jlliagre
I have fixed this problem.
But i have encounted yet another fix.

l have installed postgres
but the content of the data directory
in the pgsql directory is lost.This dircontains
all the postgres config files & pg_hba.conf.
why is this so & how can i handle it.

I have tried uninstalling all the postgres but i
still encounter the same scenario after reinstalling
it.

Thx