Edward Bartolo [2017-08-26 10:36]: > So, this is again an advice that should be obvious for anyone, bold > enough to delete parts of the file system, that can result in system > breakage. > > There is a betwitched command, tar, that can be used to create > archives of any directory. So, the obvious action to me is, make a > tar.gz archive before deleting any system directory. That way, you > will be empowered with recovery in the ill fated event of breakage. In > the event of boot failure you can use the backup (.tar.gz) file to > repair the damage restoring bootability.
Or simply rename the directories instead of deleting them. If everything works after a boot, delete the directories then. -- Hilsen Harald _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
