Downloaded the unstable Debian Tape-Orientated Backup package (tob_0.14-4.deb) tonight and had something interesting (frustrating) happen, posting here so that others may avoid similar problems...
1. Installed package -> "dpkg -i tob_0.14-4.deb" 2. Intended to execute "tob -check" as documented in the man page, made typo and ran "tob check" instead (as root, under /dev directory). I avoid running new programs as root if possible, but one must be root to run tob. 3. ALL DEVICE FILES UNDER /dev GONE!!! MAKEDEV SCRIPT GONE TOO!!! Luckily I had access to the makedev package and was able to regenerate the device files without much pain. I'm not sure if the typo had anything to do with it, but I noticed lines in the tob script such as "$RM -f $TOBLISTS/$2.Full*". I would suspect some variable didn't get set and this got interpreted as "$RM -f *". - Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
