Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2009-01-08 Thread MHR
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:59 PM, CM wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:16:08 -0800 > Scott Silva wrote: > >> >> > >> > So, is there a way to change a file into a directory? Or am I >> > crazy? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > mhr >> No and Maybe! ;-P > > I beg to differ on the first answer: anything c

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2009-01-05 Thread CM
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:16:08 -0800 Scott Silva wrote: > > > > > So, is there a way to change a file into a directory? Or am I > > crazy? > > > > Thanks. > > > > mhr > No and Maybe! ;-P I beg to differ on the first answer: anything can happen given sufficient uncorrected file system errors

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2009-01-05 Thread Scott Silva
> > So, is there a way to change a file into a directory? Or am I crazy? > > Thanks. > > mhr No and Maybe! ;-P -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread JohnS
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 11:02 -0800, MHR wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:54 AM, John wrote: > > > > > > Maybe the file Header is Corrupted or you have the wrong file association > > with then??? > > Possibly, and I don't know how to do that other than a binary edit of > the files (which _I_ di

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread JohnS
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 11:02 -0800, MHR wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:54 AM, John wrote: > > > > > > Maybe the file Header is Corrupted or you have the wrong file association > > with then??? > > Possibly, and I don't know how to do that other than a binary edit of > the files (which _I_ di

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread MHR
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM, William L. Maltby wrote: > > > Having read the rest of the posts, maybe you can recover the critical > pieces by going to the bill site again. Most that I use allow a payment > history display. If what you're looking for is a saved confirmation of > you activity,

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread William L. Maltby
Having read the rest of the posts, maybe you can recover the critical pieces by going to the bill site again. Most that I use allow a payment history display. If what you're looking for is a saved confirmation of you activity, maybe that will do. Many of those I use show the post date and confirm

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread William L. Maltby
On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 10:36 -0800, MHR wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Kai Schaetzl > wrote: > > Mhr wrote on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:57:11 -0800: > > > >> I just discovered that a couple of files on my system are ELF > >> executables when they should be directories. How do I change a fi

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread MHR
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > I sometimes Save web pages also (using Mozilla Firefox) and I have > never seen that. I wonder if it has something to do with the actual > web pages that were saved, that are in some strange format you didn't > notice, when you were at that

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread MHR
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:54 AM, John wrote: > > > Maybe the file Header is Corrupted or you have the wrong file association > with then??? Possibly, and I don't know how to do that other than a binary edit of the files (which _I_ didn't do...). > Did you try opening them with a browser exclusi

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:36 PM, MHR wrote: > I save a fair number of web pages (receipts, bill payments, etc.) for > what should be obvious reasons. > > Usually, these come down as an html file and a directory (of "sub-html" > files). > > I have two files that correspond to two html files in th

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of MHR > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:41 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory > > On Tue,

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:41:12 -0800 MHR wrote: > > I save a fair number of web pages (receipts, bill payments, etc.) for > > what should be obvious reasons. What are you using to do the saving from? > > Usually, these come down as an html file and a directory (of "sub-html" > > files). > > > > I

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread MHR
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:36 AM, MHR wrote: > > Yes, quite. > > I save a fair number of web pages (receipts, bill payments, etc.) for > what should be obvious reasons. > > Usually, these come down as an html file and a directory (of "sub-html" > files). > > I have two files that correspond to tw

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread MHR
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Mhr wrote on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:57:11 -0800: > >> I just discovered that a couple of files on my system are ELF >> executables when they should be directories. How do I change a file >> into a directory? I don't think I've ever run into th

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mhr wrote on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:57:11 -0800: > I just discovered that a couple of files on my system are ELF > executables when they should be directories. How do I change a file > into a directory? I don't think I've ever run into this one > before I think you should really explain that a

Re: [CentOS] How to change an executable into a directory

2008-12-30 Thread Phil Schaffner
MHR wrote: > I just discovered that a couple of files on my system are ELF > executables when they should be directories. How do I change a file > into a directory? I don't think I've ever run into this one > before mv filename filename.bck mkdir filename Phil _