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Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bharat Ale [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIH] How to copy/recreate special files ?
>
> Hi,
>
> I've deleted /dev/ttyS0 (made the mistake : ln -sf /dev/modem /dev/ttyS0)
> so
> it was catch 22.
> Now how do I restore it ?
>
[[SureshR]] man mknod
> Also, I've deleted /var/spool/mai/root file so that I cannot read mail
> (pine
> says invalid file format)
>
[[SureshR]] touch /var/spool/mail/root and then chmod it to 1777
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