Removed a file by accident

Stephen S. Disbrow info at disbrows.us
Sat Oct 9 04:33:39 UTC 2010


Hi,
 Thanks I ended up doing an apt-get --reinstall install upstart. didn't know 
it was a link that would have been easier.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thierry de Coulon" <tcoulon at decoulon.ch>
To: "Stephen S. Disbrow" <info at disbrows.us>; "Ubuntu user technical 
support,not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: Removed a file by accident


> On Saturday 09 October 2010, Stephen S. Disbrow wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>     I'm running ubuntu 10.04 with the latest updates. I accidentally
>> removed the  /sbin/restart file. Where can I get this file  from?Can I 
>> use
>> apt-get or something like that, or do I have to download it from 
>> somewhere?
>> I do everything from the command line so that method might be best for 
>> me.
>> Also how can I find out what package that file belonged to?
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Steve
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Well here (Maverick RC) /sbin/restart is a link to /sbin/initctl so you 
> should
> be able to just recreate this link.
>
> Or I assume if you tell which version you are running someone can send you 
> the
> file (here it's 101.9 kB).
>
> Regards,
>
> Thierry
>
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