Help me...after used mv command all file missing only folder move to new path

scoreone1 · 10-19-2008, 10:58 PM

dear all...i'm newbie here n for linux environment...i try to move my folder at /home to new path /tmp where at this folder i have very2 important file. after used this command

Code:

mv /home/ShortCodeRelay /tmp/newShortCodeRelay/

all my file gone....only folder palace in new path....someone please help me...any idea....

kenneho · 10-20-2008, 01:20 AM

I didn't quite understand what your problem was. Would you care to elaborate?

billymayday · 10-20-2008, 01:38 AM

It's quite possible that your /tmp has been flushed - it is a system temporary directory, not somewhere you should be using to store files. If they've truly been deleted then they are gone.

Do you have a backup?

Do you know the name of one of the files? Do a search for one of the files (say it's file1)

find / -name file1 -type f

I don't much fancy your chances though.

deepsix · 10-20-2008, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scoreone1

dear all...i'm newbie here n for linux environment...i try to move my folder at /home to new path /tmp where at this folder i have very2 important file. after used this command

Code:

mv /home/ShortCodeRelay /tmp/newShortCodeRelay/

all my file gone....only folder palace in new path....someone please help me...any idea....

if what you said you did is what you did you moved /home/Shortxxx to /tmp/newShortxxx but unless u have write priveleges to /tmp/newShortxxx the mv will not work....u need root priveleges or attributes that allow you to write to that folder.. try this : mv /home/Shortxxx /home/Shortxxx/newShortxxx and see if that helps.... or make a directory called /home/Shortxxx/tmp and use that

did you try ls /home/Shortcodexxx cause it problably didnt move....

billymayday · 10-20-2008, 01:50 AM

But he will have write privileges, since /tmp is usually 1777

scoreone1 · 10-20-2008, 02:27 AM

thanks all...for ur reply...FYI my /tmp folder was sharing from other server....so i move all my server file from /home/shortXXX to /tmp/newshortxxx...i'm using root...suprisely after i used command mv...walla only folder there....but the file was gone...sadly i d't have any backup.....

Code:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
                      5.8G  4.7G  807M  86% /
/dev/sda1              99M   14M   80M  15% /boot
/dev/shm              506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1             7.8G  5.8G  1.7G  79% /home
192.168.2.10:/opt/temp_share
                      242G  1.2G  229G   1% /tmp

jschiwal · 10-20-2008, 02:47 AM

Is "/home/ShortCodeRelay" a directory or a file? It is usually a good idea to add a slash after directory names so that there is never any question.

If /home/ShortCodeRelay is a directory, the command you gave should have worked. However if /tmp/newShortCodeRelay already existed, you will end up with /tmp/newShortCodeRely/ShortCodeRelay.

If it was a file, then you should have gotten an error about /tmp/ShortCodeRelay/ doesn't exist.

Could you check your .bash_history (if you have logged out of that shell) and double check the actual command executed?

Your /tmp/ directory seems very large to me. If you share a directory, use something like /srv/nfs/<share-name>/ instead of a directory on /tmp. Most systems are configured to clear /tmp when rebooting and deleting older files there on a running system.

scoreone1 · 10-20-2008, 03:09 AM

confirm this is example file i move

Code:

mv 28800/ /tmp/CGMT_BACKUP/

and i never get any error message like "/tmp/ShortCodeRelay/ doesn't exist"
one more thing i never reboot my machine

billymayday · 10-20-2008, 03:14 AM

Did you try the find command I suggested?

scoreone1 · 10-20-2008, 11:22 PM

yeah billy.....i did it...sadly there was nothing...i mean the file i try 2 find wasn't there....however i'm glad that my ex senior already make an VM image for that server...may b there have backup....hope so....thanks all for ur quick/fast cooperate....thanks God i found this community.....