Gaurav Priyolkar rearranged electrons thusly:
> I thought the folder I was piping *to* was in danger of being damaged
> and so had made a copy of it just in case ... never thought the folder
> I was copying *from* would be in danger.
> I've got (had:-() some important mails in there and so if anybody has
> come across this gotcha before, please help.
If you have overwritten the folder, you are fscked, I'm afraid
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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