And next time you have a big file you want to get rid of, cp /dev/null foo,
then rm foo.  

dc
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David Coder
NOC Op
Erols Internet Service/RCN


On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Mark Newton wrote:

:Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:37:42 +0930 (CST)
:From: Mark Newton <[email protected]>
:To: Alex <[email protected]>
:Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
:    [email protected]
:Subject: Re: file disappeared?
:
:Alex wrote:
:
: > The question is how badly did I screw things up by running fsck?
: > (I think with -p it doesn't actually salvage anything, just checks the
: > disk).
: > Worth a reboot?
:
:Definitely:  -p *does* salvage things.  Boot to single user and run
:fsck manually to make sure everything's ok.
:
:    - mark
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